Kaine vicepresident joe biden democrats hope tonights speeches can match last night s energy. Emotions bowled over as senator Bernie Sanders moved to seal the nomination. I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the democratic party. Reporter with that, clinton smashed through the gender barrier as the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the white house. Bill clinton turned on the charm, with a deeply personal testimonial for his wife. You should elect her because she will never quit when the going gets tough. She will never quit on you. Hello, philadelphia. Nominee herself tuned in by satellite. We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling, yet. On day three clintons running mate did a test run ahead of the speech tonight that will put him in his biggest, spotlight yet. Virginia senator tim kaine steps up to the convention stage, as does current vp joe biden, and after last nights focus on victims of the gun violence members of the Law Enforcement
They say would lead to fewer tragedies from senseless violence. Our Alexandra Hoff is on logan circle former congressman gabbie giffords among those making the case. Alex . Reporter after a brutal Recovery Process Gabriel Giffords led the pledges of allegiance at the Democratic National convention vince in center 12 she was here joined by mothers in charge and cease fire pa to demand an end to gun violence. It has been a fight indeed. On january 8th, 2011, congressman giffords was shot in the head while speaking with constituents outside Grocery Store in arizona. Six of the 19 people fired at were killed. Congressman giffords was placed in coma and return to the house fire seven months later. Ive seen great when my life was on the line. Now is the time to come together, be responsible. Democrats, republicans, everyone. Reporter giffords resigned from her position in 2012 to focus on speech and Movement Recovery while advocating for tightened gun alleges laying. She was joined at logan
Others took to social media to poke fun at what they saw as panned erring. Of course, the big moment, when the nominee herself took to the stage to share a hug with president barack obama, following what some are calling the best words and delivery of his career. So this year, in this election, im asking to you join me, to reject fear because the next president of the United States. In washington thats not meant as a compliment, it is means youre not sophisticated but i know why were strong, i know why we hold together. I know why we are united because there has always been growing middle class. This guy doesnt have a clue about the middle class, not a clue. Passionate words by the press and Vice President for whats expected to be a tight race. Now, democrats have not won three consecutive president ial elections since 1948, which was the last time that the dnc was held here in philadelphia. Reporting live from the floor of the Democratic National convention, alexandria hoff, we send i
Number of times. That has been critical to try to unify this party. This party is feeling a lot more unified than it was 24 hours ago, and i think president clinton only added to that momentum, savannah. Thank you. Lets go visit with andrea mitchell, who has covered the clintons a long, long time. Im sure you know a lot of these stories, andrea, but have you heard them told by president clinton like this before . Never before like this. This is a very different kind of speech. Their polling tells them that they have a problem, as you know, with young people, young women in particular. And this was to try to fill in the gaps of the resume. To try to explain who she was as a real person, and thats why he started with in 1971, i met a girl. And these Young College girls who have not related to her in the New Hampshire primary and elsewhere, maybe they can think that that Yale Law Library is something that theyre familiar with and also the Public Service that weve been talking about, worki
Sikahema. Were here to bring you all the action from the Democratic National convention. Well give you a behindthescenes look at the event, and well tell you about the change in leadership in the democratic party. And theres a lot going on throughout philadelphia with protests, events, and road closures because of the dnc. Were about five hours away from the start of the convention. Council meetings are under way right now. At 4 00, the convention will officially gavel to order. There are four big speakers tonight. First off, new jersey senator cory booker will be followed by first Lady Michelle obama, and new this morning, massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has been designated as the conventions keynote speaker and will address delegates before Bernie Sanders takes the stage. And the story thats casting a shadow over the start of the convention is leak of dnc emails. Those emails show the committee worked to undermine clintons rival Bernie Sanders. The scandal prompted the resigna