bret and martha are next, laura right after that. see you >> here we go tonight, senator and former candidate herself kamala harris of california makes history as she becomes th first woman of color to accept the nomination for vice president. >> we are live in washington as we kick off night three of the virtual democratic national convention. we've already heard from hillar clinton, still ahead tonight former presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren and former president obama, we understand he will not be holding back his criticism of his successor, all leading up t

senator kamala harris when she closes out the night tonight. >> as we await all of that, let's look back at a recap of the night so far. >> i now call the third session of the democratic party to order . now let's get this show started. >> when we vote things change. when we vote, things get better. >> it's going to be an unforgettable night. america needs all of us to spea out even when you have to fight to find the words. we can't let these continue or we can act. vote. vote. vote. we havehe the chance this novem into existential crises, the trump presidency and the.

>> every day that passes they are taking idmore moms and dads away from kids like me. >> i wish donald trump knew how toto be a president, because america needs a president right now. >> our all-star panel, back wit us again tonight. chris wallace, good evening, and great to have you with us tonight. chris wallace, let me start wit you. we heard from hillary clinton moments ago some strong words about things that she wishes ha gone very differently. >> well, she is able to testify to the fact that every vote counts, three states, 77,000 votes, if they had gone differently, she would be the president and not donald trump, so i think she's trying to say here is your second chance, tak

advantage of it. i'm looking forward to the speeches tonight by barack obam and kamala harris. obama i'm sure will deliver a very tough speech, making the case for joe biden, against donald trump, but it's an interesting thing about barack obama because he is an enormously successful politicia he's a very persuasive speaker, but he's never been able to translate that transfer that, i 2016 he did the same thing for hillary clinton against donald trump then, it didn't work, 2010 , 2014 at the midterms, he wasn't able to transfer his personal popularity and the democrats took a drop in both elections. can he be more effective for biden tonight? as far as b1 harris is concerned , at one hand she has to energize the left, we hear grumblings from the left they'r not happy with a lot of the policies that have been talked about the fact that republicans have been out there, but on the other hand she can't fall into

the trap that donald trump has said, if she speaks too much in terms of a left-wing agenda, donald trump will say this is exactly what i was talking about . joe biden isn't going to be in control. kamala here as well as you're him to the left. she's got a delicate road into tight wire to walk tonight. >> hillary clinton wrapped up her remarks a short time ago an said quote joe and kamala can win by 3 million votes and stil lose, take it from me. let's take another soundbite fromit hillary clinton here and take a listen. >> for four years, people have told me i didn't realize how dangerous he was. i wish i could do it all over, or worse, i should have voted. look, this can't be another woodchuck could it should ul election. joe and kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose, take it from me. so we need numbers overwhelming

so trump can't sneak or steal his way to victory. >> your thoughts on that? the message tonight, vote, vote vote. >> yes, in fact as you heard there in the earlier soundbite, that's exactly how one person put it, vote, vote, vote. i'm sure that person didn't mea to vote over and over again, bu the emphasis getting the boat out has been a theme throughout this convention. we heard it echoed again tonigh and certainly it was in what hillary clinton said. there is a concern that the electoral college gives a break to their republican underdog as it did four years ago, so we have democrats worried about complacency and that may say something also about the worry about joe biden that he's not a new face, he doesn't excite the left-wing of the party which is a source of so much energy and encouraging people to vote as something they feel the need to do. it's evident in what so many people are saying.n

>> let's bring you in here it tonight as we wait for barack obama, the former president to speak and also to hear from kamala harris. what you think are the unique jobs that they set out to do tonight? >> the theme tonight is a more perfect union. what a special occasion. as the first black american to win the presidency, i am sure that barack obama is going to talk about the future, not just his eight years in office, but the future and what it holds. tonight we make history once the first black woman of asian descent, will also grace us with her presence. and tonight, she needs to tell her story. of course she needs to talk about the biden harris agenda, and what they hope to do to improve the lives of all americans, but i am excited, an let me just say, as someone who has worked so hard for so long to see this day, i know that

kamala tonight is going to talk about the steely shoulders that she stands upon from the first woman to serve on the major party ticket, geraldine ferrero to of course sarah palin on the republican side and tonight's b-1 harris. my #tonight is mvp. mvp, madam vice president, that's who i want to hear from. >> which is why we added the balloons, so you could be very happy. >> i'm trying to keep my young brother over here to my left happy. >> there you go, carl. all right, carl, what does she have to do in this party in thi situation, in this beach quick. >> this will be the first time we get to know her. she fell out of the democratic contest before we even started

votingat early in the year, so this will be her introduction t the american people. it's going to be interesting to see how she describes herself, which values she thinks are important to share. we have seen her during this campaign one of the reasons i think she came apart early on, the wheels came off of her campaign was we saw her sort of shifting position for the medicare for all and get rid of private health insurance so, i didn't mean to do that, so tonight will be an important moment i to establish yourself. may i also say i enjoyed hillar clinton's speech, no bitterness no regrets, looking forward, it never back, it's a sunny optimism we became so enamored w with in the 2016 campaign. it was like a return to excitement again. >> 's sarcasm sarcasm plays without the balloons. >> i was going to say i think i

needed someus balloons because didn't realize i would blend in with the greenery behind me. i was thinking about how if you think about alexandria ocasio-cortez, she gave her speech last night, and if she i the future of the party, and jo biden is the old part of the party, is kamala harris kind of the present of the party and ca she say that tonight, can she b the glue between these generations? and pull all of these policies together? i think also they're opening tonight on gun violence for the democrats, very powerful, and they're talking about climate change in a way that i think is unfair to republicans, but we know it energizes voters. the other thing you will hear from barack obama tonight is about republican attempts to suppress the vote. i think that because barack

obama is going to have a very strong position on this tonight we will be talking about it for the next few days. >> obviously his voice is one o the most instrumental here tonight. o and we are hearing that he is going to come out their guns blazing and he's not concerned about the preconceived notions about speaking of a sitting president at this point, he feels like there is an urgency of the moment.an >> i don't think there's any question, what you will get as the man who is the leader of th democratic party until joe bide speaks tomorrow night. i think he is the leading light of the party, the former president, someone who remains extremely popular inside the democratic party. and we saw his wife deliver a really resounding strong words on monday night. i think he is up to the task anm the question as what is the message because the criticism has been that this convention of largely been critical

president trump as opposed to supportive of joe biden. what does joe biden stand for? why joe biden, why should peopl vote for joe biden? it's been ladies night, i hope you've noticed that, beginning of course with the idea that kamala harris is going to be th keynote. you've also had gabby giffords talking about the gun control issue, you heard from hillary clinton, nancy pelosi, the speaker, so women are at the center of the audience and the steeds tonight for the democrats . >> we have some excerpts from the speech we had one little piece katie from president obama , this is the second page in which he says about donald trump, he shown no interest in putting in the work, no interes in finding common ground, no interest using the awesome powe of his office to help anyone, but himself and his friends. donald trump ldhasn't grown int

the job because he can't. we have not seen that kind of rhetoric really from a former president in a convention setting. george w. bush didn't go down that road bear to give her president obama a lot of this i personal, he told president trump at one of the white house correspondents thdinner's that would never be the president, now he is the president and president trump has undone much of what president obama did in his eight years in office and has highlighted the failures of the obama administration. the former president is giving his speech tonight at the american revolution museum in pennsylvania. i am sure he will talk up to th country about living up to its promise, america'sts promise th every man is created equal. we should remember under id president obama the majority of americans believe that race relations got worse and he left the white house with a mark divided country then he entered

with. it will be interesting to watch how he talks about that in term of policy rather than just attacking the president for not compromising when even just today we've seen the white hous come out and say they're willin to do a number things on coronavirus relief the democrat are not willing to do but on th issue of gun control, i think democrats need to be careful on this for a number of reasons, but the fact is there's two and have new million gun owners since beginning of the year i remember the exchange between joe biden and the detroit auto worker who confronted him and said you're going to take away my second amendment rights and joent biden got angry with that there are a lot of democrats that are not for it this far left gun control that democrats have been pushing and they portrayed earlier in the night. >> the most emotional powerful perhaps speech so far we've see tonight was for former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords wh were shot in the head and recovered over many months apparently she worked very hard to deliver the speech she gave.e she was the one that finished i

with vote, vote, vote. >> it was enormously powerful, it really begin the evening, an you actually saw her working with her therapist. for those who don't know, gabby giffords was one of the rainies rising stars in the democratic party, congresswoman from arizona, and a few years ago, a a meet and greet, in her district, at a shopping center, some ertwisted nut came up with gun and shot her from just feet away and then jots a number of people as well and, she is a living embodiment of the concern , and you know, i know that one of the things that republicans are going to talk about next week is the rising violence in our cities, i think part of the argument the democrats are making as that an i understand this is controversial, if we got a lot

of these guns off the street especially, the automatic assault weapons, which biden helped band back in the 90s, that that might reduce some of the violence in the streets. i understand that republicans will say that joe biden wants t take away your second amendment rights the only problem with that is biden has made it clear over and over again he's not interested in taking away secon amendment rights, he's interested in taking away weapons of mass destruction lik assault weapons bread. >> we're about to hear and abou a w w minute from elizabeth war somebody who was a rising star in the party for quite some tim and wanted this moment tonight and tomorrow night to be hers, she was also one of the people considered as a possible vice president. her your thoughts on her role i the future? >> she's not a member of the youthful cohort that has helped drive the democratic party to the left, but she's a spokesperson for that wing of the party, and i'm sure that sh

is really the one speaker tonight who clearly and fully embodies that viewpoint. it will be interesting to see how she handles it, whether she emphasizes her agenda or whethe she devotes herself to trying t play up the virtues of the ticket. just remarking on what chris said about the issue of guns an gun violence, i thought for a moment watching the previous hour, that they might go there y in terms of talking about the violence in america street of the kind we've been seeing, riotingng, looting, fires, explosive thrown at police and so on, the departing has decide not to do that, to leave that issue alone, to act to some extent as if it's not tapping into focus on an old staple which is gun control, it issue that has never serve the democratic party very well when you think about candidates he ran on it and we're defeated. it's clear that that is an issu republicans are going to have t take up because the first and last, because we're not going t

hear anything about that. >> at let's listen into senator elizabeth warren pretty people who put their lives on the land to keepe our country going and since covid 19 hit, they have taken one gut punch after another. and what is the covid de paul out done to our babies? i am here at the early childhoo education center in springfield massachusetts, which has been closed for months. childcare was hard-to-find before thend pandemic and now parents are stuck, no idea when schools can safely reopen and even fewer childcare options. the devastation is enormous and the way i see it big problems demand big solutions. i love a good plan, and joe biden has some really good plans . plans to bring back union jobs in manufacturing and create new union jobs and energy. plans to increase social security benefits, canceled billions in student loan debt

and make our bankruptcy laws work for families instead of th creditors who cheat them, these plans reflect a central truth, our economic system has been rigged to give bailouts to billionaires and kickeded dirt the face of everyone else. that we can build a thriving economy, by investing in families and fixing what is broken. joe's plan to build back better includes making the wealthy pai of their first year. holding corporations accountable , repairing racial inequities, and fighting corruption in washington. let me tell you about one of joe's plans, it's especially close to my heart. childcare. as a little girl growing up in oklahoma, what i wanted most in the world was to be a teacher. i loved teaching. when i had babies and was juggling my first big teaching job in texas, it was hard. but i could do hard too.

the thing that almost sank me, childcare. one night, my aunt be called just to check in, and i thought i was fine. but then, i just broke down and started to cry. i had tried holding it all together, but without reliable childcare, working was nearly impossible. when i told and b was going to quit my job, i thought my heart would break. and then she said the words tha changed my life, i can't get there tomorrow, but i will come on thursday. and she arrived with seven suitcases and a pekingese named buddy and stayed for 16 years. i get to be here tonight becaus of my aunt be. i learned a fundamental truth, nobody makes it on their own. here we are, two generations of working parents later, and if you have a baby and don't have an aunt bea, you're on your own.

and here is why that is wrong. we need an infrastructure like roads and bridges and communication systemss, so that people can work, at that infrastructure helps us all because it keeps our economy going. it is time to recognize that childcare is part of the basic infrastructure of this nation, its infrastructure for familiesa joe and kamala will make high-quality childcare affordable for every family, make preschool universal and raise the wages of every childcare worker. now, that is just one plan, but it gives you an idea of how we get this country working for everyone. donald trump's ignorance and incompetence have always been a danger to our country. covid 19 was trumps biggest test . he failed miserably. today america has the most covi deaths in the world and an

economic collapse. both crises are falling hardest on black and brown families. millions out of work, millions more trapped in the cycles of poverty, millions on the brink of losing their homes, million of restaurants and stores hanging by a thread, this crisi is bad, and it didn't have to b this way. this crisis is on donald trump and the republicans who enable him. on november 3rd, we will hold them all accountable. so, weather you're planning to vote, wearing the mask, or vote by mail, please take out your phone right now, and text vote to 30330. we need to be in the fight to get joe and kamala elected. after november, we all need to stay in the fight to get big things done. we stay in this fight so that

when our children and our grandchildren asked what we did during this dark chapter in our nation's history, we will be able to look them squarely in the eye and say we organized, w persisted, and we changed america. >> elizabeth warren in a classroom tonight talking about her aunt be and how she saved her during 16 years of raising her children and calling for higher taxes on wealthy and higher taxes on corporations to play for infrastructure. she started out by saying i lov a good plan, many of the plans in the biden plan are not her plans.an may be less progressive than sh was, but there are some that fi the bill. more from our all-star panel as well wait for remarks from president obama and the vice presidential nominee, kamala harris. >> special coverage of the d&c, we are back in a moment.

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getting closer to accepting tha nomination. something he's tried to do thre times pretty get the video they're putting up now is the moment that president obama gav joe biden the medal of freedom m in the white house leading up t this speech. it was there choice, he often talks about it, barack obama is huge fundraiser for democrats and especially for joe biden he raised about $11 million by the video they put out once he got the nomination. let's listen into the former president of the united states, president barack obama. >> good evening, everybody. as you've seen by now, this isn't normal convention. it's not a normal time. so tonight, i want to talk is plainly as i can about the stakes in this election. because what we do in these nex 76 days will go through generations to come. i am in philadelphia were our

constitution was drafted and signed. it wasn't a perfect document. it allowed for the inhumanity o slavery. and failed to guarantee women and even men who didn't own propertyan the right to participate in the political process. but embedded in this document was a northstar that would guid future generations. a system of representative government, a democracy, to which crwe could better realize our highest ideals. through civil war, and bitter be struggles, we improve this constitution to include the voices of those who had once been left out. and gradually come out we made this country more just. and more equal. and more free. but one constitutional office, elected by all of the people as the presidency.

so at a minimum we should expec a president to feel a sense of responsibility for the safety and welfare of all 330 million of us. regardless of what we look like how we worship, who we love, ho much money we have, or who we voted for. we should also expect a president to be the custodian o this democracy. we should expect that regardles of ego ambition, or political beliefs, the president will preserve, protect, and defend the freedoms and ideals that so many americans marched for, wen to jail for, fought for, and died for. i have set in the oval office with both of the men running fo president. i never expected that my professor would embrace my vision or continue my policies, i did hope for the sake of our

country, that donald trump migh show some interest in taking th job seriously. that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. but he never did. for close to four years now, he has shown no interest in puttin in the work. no interest in finding common ground, no interest in using th awesome power of his office to help anyone, but himself and hi friends. no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can ea use to get the attention he craved. donald trump hasn't grown into the job, because he can't. and the consequences of that failure are severe.

170,000 americans dead, millions of jobs gone. those at the top taking more than ever. our worst impulses unleashed, a proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our democratic institutions threatened like never before. now, i know that in times as polarized as these, most of you have already made up your mind but may be, ears still not sure which candidate you will vote for. or whether you will vote at all. may be you are tired of the direction we're headed, but you can't see a better path yet, or you just don't know enough abou the person he wants to lead us there. let me tell you about my friend joe biden. 12 years ago when i begin my

search for a vice president, i didn't know i would end up finding a brother. joe and i come from different places, different generations, but when i quickly came to admire about joe biden, is his resilience, born of too much struggle. is empathy, born of too much grief, joe is a man who learned early on to treat every person he meets with respect and dignity. living by the words his parents taught him, no one's better tha you, joe. but you're better than nobody. that empathy, that decency, the belief that everybody countsve, that is who joe is. when he talks with someone who has lost their job, joe remembers the night his dad sat him down to say he that he had lost his.

when joe listens to a parent who's trying to hold it all together right now, he does it as a single dad who took the train back to wilmington each and every night so he could tal his kids into bed. when he meets with military families, who have lost their hero, he does it as a kindred spirit, the parent of an american soldier, somebody whos faith has endured the hardest loss there is. for eight years, joe was the last one in the room whenever i faced a big decision. he made me a better president, and he's got the character and the experience to make us a better country. and then my friend kamala harris , he's gotten an ideal partner who is more than prepared for the job, somebody who knows what it's like to overcome barriers and has made

career fighting to help others live out their own american dream. along with the experience neede to get things done, joe and kamala have concrete policies that will turn their vision of better country into reality. they will get this pandemic under control, like joe did whe he helped me manage h1n1 and stop ebola outbreak from reaching our shores.ca they will expand health care to more americans like joe and i did ten years ago when he helpe craft the affordable near care act in neil down the done the votes to make it law. rescue the economy like joe hel me do after the great recession i asked him to manage the recovery act which jumpstarted the largest stretch of job growth in history. he sees this moment now not as chance to get back to where we were, but to make long-overdue changes, so that our economy

makes life a little easier for everybody. whether it's the waitress tryin to raise a kid on her own, or the shift worker, always on the edge of getting laid off, or th student, figuring out how to pa for next masters classes. joe and kamala will restore our standing in the world, as we've learned from this pandemic, thi matters. joe knows the world, and the world knows him. he knows that are true strength comes from setting in the example that the world wants to follow. a nation that stands with democracy, not dictators, a nation that can inspire and mobilize others to overcome threats like climate change and terrorism, poverty, and disease. but more than anything, what i know about joe, what i know about kamala, is that they

actually care about every american. ac and that they care deeply about this democracy. they believe that in a democracy , the right to vote is sacrede, and we should be makin it easier for people to cast their ballots, not harder. they believe that no one including the president, is above the law. and that no public official, including the president, should use their office to enrich themselves or their supporters. they understand that in this democracy, the commander-in-chief, does not us the men and women of our military, who are willing to risk everything to protect our nation as political props to deploy against peaceful protesters on our own soil.loag

they understand that political p opponents aren't un-american just because they disagree with you, the free pass isn't the enemy, but the way we hold officials accountable. our ability to work together to solve big problems like a pandemic depend on fidelity to facts and science and logic. and not just making stuff up. none of this should be controversial, these shouldn't be republican principles or democratic principles, they are american principles, but at thi moment, this president, and those who enable him, have show that they don't believe in thes things. tonight, i am asking you to believe in joe and kamala's ability to take us out of these

dark times and build it back better. here is the thing, no single american can fix this country alone. not even a president. democracy was never meant to be transactional, you give me your vote and i make everything better, it requires an active and informed citizenry. so i'm also asking you to believe in your own ability. to embrace your own responsibility as citizens. to make sure that the basic te tenants of our democracy indoor. because that is what is at stak right now. our democracy. look, i understand why a lot of americans are down on government . the way the rules have been set up and abused in congress make it easier for a special interes to stop progress then to make progress. believe mee, i know it.

i understand why a white factor worker who has seen his wages cut over his job shipped overseas may think that the government no longer works for him. and in black mom might feel lik it never looked out for her at all. by understand why a new immigrant might look around thi country and weather window ther is still a place for him your. why a young person might look a politics right now. the circus of it all, the meanness, and the lies and conspiracy theories and think about what is the point? here is the point. this president, and those in power, those who benefit from keeping things the way they are they are counting on your they know they can't win you over with their policies, so they ar hoping to make it as hard as

possible for you to vote and to convince you that your vote doe not matter. that is how they win. that is how they get to keep making decisions that affect your life. and the lives of the people you love t. that's how the economy will kee getting skewed to the wealthy and well-connected, how our health systems will let more people fall through the cracks. that is how a democracy withers. until it's no democracy at all. we cannot let that happen. to not let them take away your power. do not let them take away your democracy. make a plan right now for how you're going to get involved an vote. do it as early as you can, and tell your family and friends ho they can vote two. do what americans have done for over two centuries when faced

with even tougher times than this, all those quiet heroes, who found the courage to keep marching, to keep pushing in th face of hardship and injustice. last month we lost a giant of american democracy in john lewis . some years ago i sat down with john and a few remaining leader of the early civil rights movement. one of them told me he never imagined he would walk into the white house and see a president who looked like his grandson. and then, he told me he had looked it up, and it turned out that on the very day that i was born, he was marching into a jail cell trying to end jim cro segregation in the south. what we do echoes three

generations. whatever our backgrounds, we ar all the children of americans who fought the good fight. great grandparents working in fire traps in sweatshops and sweatshops without rights or representation. farmers, losing their dreams to dust. the irish and italians, asians and latinos are told go back where you come from. catholics, muslims and cheeks made to feel suspect for the wa they worship. black americans, chained and whipped and hanged, spit on, fo trying to sit at lunch counters. beaten for trying to vote. if anyone had a right to believ

that this democracy did not work , and could not work, it was those americans. our ancestors, they were on the receiving end of a democracy that had fallen short all their lives. they knew how far the daily reality of america strayed. and yet, instead of giving up, they joined together, and they said somehow, someway, we are going to make this work.. we are going to bring those words in our founding documents to life. i have seen that same spirit rising these last few years. folks of every age and background who packed city centers and airports and rural roads so that families wouldn't

be separated so that there another classroom wouldn't get shot up. so that are kids won't grow up on and uninhabitable planets. americans of all races joining together to declare in the face of injustice, and brutality at the hands of the state, that black lives matter. no more, but no less. so that no child in this countr feels like continuing the continuing sting of racism.fe to the young people that lead u this summer, telling us we need to be better, in so many ways, eur this countries dreams fulfilled. earlier generations had to be persuaded that everyone has equal worth come up for you it' a given. of conviction, and what i want

you to know as that for all it' missing this, and frustrations, your system of self-government can be harnessed to help you realize those convictions. for all of us. you can give our democracy new meaning. you can take it to a better place. you are the missing ingredient. the ones who will decide whethe or not america becomes the country that fully lives up to its creed. that work will continue long after this election. but any chance of success depends entirely on the outcome of this election.

this administration has shown i will tear our democracy down if that is what itit takes for the to win. so we have to get busy building it up. by pouring all of our efforts into these 76 days. by voting for never before referred joe and kamala and candidates up and down the ticket so that we leave no doub about what this country that we love stands for. today, and for all of our days to come. stay safe. god bless. to give former president barack obama speaking for about 15 minutes from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia with as has been noted in all of these beaches, secall to action to make a plan vote a full throated support of his former vice president, joe biden and his most direct

criticism of the current president, donald trump in the middle of the speech, the current occupant of the house behind us tweet it out to tweets , first, he spied on my campaign and got caught. and then about four minutes later, why did he refuse to endorse slow joe until it was all over and even then was very late? why did he tried to get him not to run from president trump. >> not an uplifting speech, that's one of the things we've noticed about the courseti of ts , very somber in the tone from the former president barac obama and he said these are not normal times, and what we do will echo four generations. let's bring in chris wallace with his thoughts on what we just heard this evening from president trump's predecessor, president obama. >> i had to say i thought it wa a curious speech, you say he talked for 15 minutes somebody will tell me if i'm right or

wrong, i bet he didn't talk for joe biden for five of those 15 minutes and basically said he was my brother in the white house, he made me a better president he will make it a better country, talked about ho he will get control of the pandemic and rebuild the economy . it wasn't even all that much about donald trump although he made itth clear i think you can only call it his contempt for donald trump, but most of it wa about almost like the community organizer from chicago about ho people have to go out, organize and as he said, our democracy i at stake. as a full throated endorsement of tejoe biden commit not sayin he wasn't for him, it was a curious speech. >> we are getting ready to hear this video, let's tune into thi video it's of file video for kamala harris. get your iraq, not just for our dad, but for three generations of our big blended family.

>> you showed me the importance of public service and make either grew up surrounded by smart, strong, ambitious women every day. >> growing up, oven help the poor kid thatt picked on me because my big sister would be there in a flash ready to have my back. now, we've got your back as you in joe fight to protect our democracy. >> there is no union more perfect than the one that bring us allbr to your kitchen table every sunday night for stirfry, chicken, or a spaghetti and meatball family dinners predicate now that i'm .a mom, you're showing my daughter and so many girls around the world who look like them what is possible, and what it's like t move through the world as fears come up formidable, phenomenal women in their own unique way. >> i love you, i admire you, i am so proud of you. even though mommy is not here t see her first daughter step int history, the entire nation will

see in your strength, your integrity, your intelligence, and your optimism, the values she raised us with. >> we love you. >> we are so proud of you. >> you mean the world to us. >> we couldn't be more excited to share you with the world is the next. >> as the next. >> vice president. >> vice president. >> vice president of the united states. e >> joe biden has selected kamal amharris as his running mate. >> the first black woman, the first south asian woman to be named on the ticket. >> someone who looks like us on a presidential ticket, that is crazy. >> kamala harris was born in oakland predicate give the daughter of immigrants. >> a big sister and protector.

>> she is in each vcu grad. >> she is a woman of many firsts . >> she is a hard worker. a really hard worker. >> she's brilliant, smart, tough ,. >> she is probably one of the best role models. >> when she says for the people it's in every ounce of who she is. she is for us. >> she fights for women's rights . she fights to end mass incarceration. >> she is a serious advocate. to get the litmus test for america is how we treat black women. >> i talk to you about someone who black people, brown people, undocumented people, lgbt people . all of america.

>> it's about all of us knowing our power teaches us to lift people up into remind them that we see them and we hear them an that they matter. >> you're going to be vice president of the united states? >> greetings, america. it is truly an honor to be speaking with you tonight. that i am here tonight, is a

testament to the dedication of generations before me. women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. this week marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, and we celebrate the women who fought for that right yet so many of the black women, who helped secure that victory were still prohibited from voting long after its ratification. but they were undeterred. without fanfare or recognitioni they organized and testified, and rallied and marched and fought, not just for their vote but for a seat at the table. these women, and the generation that followed, worked to make democracy and opportunity real. in the lives of all of us who

followed. they paved the way for the trailblazing leadership of barack obama and hillary clinton er. in these women inspired us to pick up the torch and fight on. women like mary church terrel, and diane nash, constance baker watley and the great shirley chisholm. we are not often taught their stories, but as americans, we all stand on their shoulders. there is another woman, whose name isn't known, whose story isn't shared, another woman,wh whose shoulders i stand on, and that is my mother, she came her from india at age 19 to pursue

her dream of curing cancer, at the university of california berkeley, she met my father donald harris who had come from jamaica to study economics. they fell in love and that most american way while marching together for justice in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. in the streets of oakland and berkeley, i got a stroller's ey view of people getting into wha the great john lewis called goo trouble. when i was five, my parents split and my mother raised us mostly on her own. like so many mothers, she worke around-the-clock to make it work , packing lunches before we woke up, and paying bills after we went to bed. helping us with homework at the kitchen table in shuttling us t church for choir practice. she made it look easy, though i never was. my mother instilled in my siste

and me, the values that would chart the course of our lives. she raised us to be proud, strong black women, and she raised us to know and be proud of our indian heritage. she taught us to put family first. the family are born into, and the family you choose. family is my husband doug. who i met on a blind date set u by my best friend. family is our beautiful children , cole and ella, family is my sister. my best friend, my nieces, and my godchildren. family is my uncles, my aunts, and my. family is missus shelton, my he second mother who lived two doors down and helped raise me.

family is my beloved alpha kapp alpha, our divine nine, and might hbc you brothers and sisters. family is the friends i turned to when my mother, at the most important person in my life passed away from cancer. and even as she taught us to keep our family at the center o our world, she also pushed us t ceo world beyond ourselves.us she taught us to be conscious and compassionate about the struggles of all people.bl to believe public service as a noble cause and the fight for justice is as shared responsibility.. that led me to become a lawyer. a district attorney, attorney general, and a united states senator. and at every step of the way, i

have been guided by the words i spoke from the first time i stood in a courtroom kamala harris for the people. i have fought for children and survivors of sexual assault, i fought against transnational criminal organizations. i took on the biggest banks and help take down one of the biggest for-profit colleges. i know a predator when i see one . my mother taught me that servic to others gives life purpose a meaning. hd how i wish she were here tonight, but i know she's looking down on me from above. i keep thinking about that 25 -year-old indian woman, all of me at kaiser hospital in oakland , california. on that day, she probably could

have never imagined that i woul be standing before you now and speaking these words, i accept your nomination for vice vice president of the united states of america. i do so committed to the values she taught me, to the word that teaches me to walk by faith and not by sight. and to a vision and passed on through generations of americans , one that joe biden shares, a vision of our nation is a beloved community, where all of our welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where wee come from or who we love. a country where we may not agre on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belie

that every human being is of infinite orders, different deserving of compassion, dignity , and respect. country where we look out for one another, where we rise and fall is one, where we face our challenges, and celebrate our triumphs together. today, that country feels different. donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods. if you're a parent struggling with your child's remote learning, or you or ed teacher, struggling on the other side of that screen, you know what we'r doing right now is not working. and, we are a nation that is grieving.

we are grieving the loss of life , the loss of jobs, the loss of opportunities, the loss of normalcy, and yes, the loss of certainty.an and while this virus touches us all, we have to be honest, it i not an equal opportunity offender. black, latino, and indigenous people are suffering and dying disproportionately. this is not a coincidence, it i the effect of isstructural raci. of inequities in education and technology, healthcare and housing, job security and transportation. the injustice in reproductive ucand maternal health care, and the excessive use of force by police. and in our broader criminal justice j