Laying out the case for his former foe, Hillary Clinton. But did he convince the voters . Back with me is my political dream team. They are all here with me. And a bald guy playing don lemon. This is me. I used to live in philly. I went to my old barber, i said what do you want . I said do it the way we used to do in philly in the summer. I was a lot younger then. Now i know why you left the city. Thank you, ken. Go see him, hes on tenth street and locust. What a difference a day makes. Last night we were talking about Debbie Wasserman schultz. Now were talking about the first lady of the United States and her impact. When she didnt win the nomination eight years ago, she didnt get angry or disillusioned. [cheers and applause] she, hillary did not, hillary did not pack up and go home. Because as a true public servant, hillary knows that this is so much bigger h eger than h desires and disappointments. So she proudly stepped up to serve our country once again as secretary of state, traveling the globe to keep our kids safe. And look, there were plenty of moments when hillary could have decided that this work was too hard, that the price of Public Service was too high, that she was tired of being picked apart for how she looks or how she talks or even how she laughs. But heres the thing. What i admire most about hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She, she never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life. [cheers and applause] so ryan, you listened to speeches by first ladies. I read it. I cant believe he wrote that. You said damn, sounds like melanias 2020 Convention Speech is going to be pretty good. We know the bar is going to be high. I showed it to a colleague, and im like, is this appropriate or not . Come on. Everyone knew we were going to joke about that. That was a compliment to Michelle Obama. It was a good speech. It was well received. I mean, shes making the essential argument that the clinton camp can make here is look, we know what ifs like. We know what its like to have come really close and not have won. That was Hillary Clintons experience in 2008. Right . She knows what its like to come to a convention where you think you should be the nominee. You came this close, and that you didnt make it. And then these are the political things. And if you are a mature politician in either party that you need to do. She was speaking to Bernie Sanders supporters. She was speaking to Bernie Sanders supporters and saying, we remember, we had a battle in 2008. We saw this dynamic play out, and heres how you have to go forward. Hillary clinton, you know, she didnt like us at the time or they had a lot of tension. Yeah. And i was on the floor, and not all the bernie supporters were accepting that. There were several people booing, but over all, there was more enthusiasm for Michelle Obama, for Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders from that democratic crowd than for anyone that spoke at the republican convention, despite the divisions in this party, and there are clearly serious divisions. Its very different than cleveland. Very different than the Republican Party. I have to say, as i was watching tonight, i got the most texts from friends and tweets from people saying im tearing up. This part really got me, and thats when she was talking about her kids. As a woman of color, as were you sitting there, how did you feel about the speech . First of all, it was epic to be listening to her on the floor. My favorite thing about Michelle Obamas speech is when you know shes getting to the end, she does like the whitney thing at the mic. Shes getting into it, and you know shes about to bring it home. Im serious, like this is going to be the best run and the best closing. Just like watching her. Got that . The whitney. I wish i had my but i think that for me knowing how she presents, i am always so proud of her, and i can honestly say here as a black woman lawyer that i have never been disappointed in Michelle Obama, and today she also did not disappoint. Again, from earlier, she is a closer. She is the best hillary surrogate shes going to have. I really believe that. I think Even Stronger than Elizabeth Warren, she was fantastic. Not everyone feels that way, conservatives dont feel that way about Michelle Obama. Are these things are still, ill say it this week too. These things are pageantry, the big thing is showing unity. Theres still some divisions there. Thats going to be a much longer process. The other part is reaching out to the middle. Michelle obama did a pretty good job of that. There are a lot of people, the mark prestons of the world who are independents or some republicans who are skeptical about donald trump, they may have found something they liked tonight from Michelle Obama, but, when i look at Bernie Sanders and i look at Elizabeth Warren, like those are two speeches that were discordant in that sense. They were very much to the base of the Republican Party, and there are a lot of things that theyre out of step with in the big middle of the electorate. So i dont think tonight was the big home run everybody thinks it was. Even though Michelle Obama is going to be the headline. I think there are a few things. One, the Democratic Party, although yesterday we looked like we were about to do it, didnt step on our message tonight. And what whee saw on monday and tuesday with Paul Manafort coming out and flat out lying to chris cuomo. You know why . Debbie Wasserman Schultz didnt speech. I will tell you in the morning. This, these things we did that say that. They have to make that a 24hour. And it was. And were in the even talking to that, if she had done that, we would still be talking about it. Absolutely. If i was 610 id probably be go on. My only point is that tonight i think there was a lot for everybody. I think that the most, one of the more important parts of that, of this whole convention that we saw today was the part about opioid abuse and Substance Abuse that nobody really goes to and talks about a lot. It happened in prime time tv, the mayor of boston who came up, the governor of New Hampshire come up. And you had all of these people come up and tell real life stories about whats going on. But the messages came, and Michelle Obama did something that Hillary Clinton needs, which is solidify the vote of collegeeducated women, both black and white in this country, and i think Michelle Obama did that. This is also something that Hillary Clinton needed and the democrats needed as well, because there was a whole talk about considering the emails and the scandal and whatever. And this was sarah silverman. We needed this funny moment for the media. Uchb at this, unity. Unity. Hillary, hillary, hillary. The bernie, can i just say . To the bernie or bust people, youre being ridiculous. As a person who has to sit here and talk, i thought, thank you, sarah. That gave me something to talk about. That was not on the teleprompter. This was a really good night for democrats. Theres no question about it. But you have to put if in context. Hillary clinton is now behind in a lot of polls. So the republicans did get a bounce despite the fact that a lot of people, including myself said that the convention was mismanaged. And the other thing is that looming over this party now, what happened yesterday, Debbie Wasserman schultz is gone. But the prospect that the russians or somebody else have more emails, they may drop over this campaign, hangs over the Democratic Party it should hang over every party, it should hang over donald trump. For whatever reason, whether you believe its vladimir putin, whatever, its been used against the democrats. Russia is our number one geopolitical foe . Im waiting for that. He now believes that. No, i would say its china. I think Democratic Party, no, its not a vote for donald trump. The biggest geopolitical foe was russia. And im blamin kevin madden for donald trump. If kevin and mitt romney would have won, we wouldnt have donald trump. I find so interesting about their speeches and the way they act as politicians is they are not into fake unity. Those two, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders especially Bernie Sanders. They are laser focussed on policy. Heres what i extracted in the negotiations to get me up here tonight. 18 minutes . Heres the other thing. The other thing that he did that i think a lot of people didnt know, even the People Holding the no tpp signs. I think a lot of them dont know what that is, honestly. He also threw in there that they were opposed to tpp. Hillary clinton and tim kaine were opposed to tpp, but it wasnt in the platform. He put it out there like thats the platform. Thats not the platform. The theory of the warren camp and sanders camp frankly is that Hillary Clinton responds to pressure. And if shes not pressured full time she will resort to a 90s style. And that poechbint is to keep t pressure on here. Well be back live from the cnn grill. Its almost 2 15 in the morning in philadelphia on the east coast, but were happy to be here. You didnt see the face. Its here, but its going by fast. The opportunity of the year is back the mercedesbenz summer event. Get to your dealer today for incredible onceaseason offers, and start firing up those grilles. 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It feels like its been longer, when you consider the list of speakers and heavy hitters. Its like a Baseball Team that has really good players that are batting one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, its, nine, ten. Were going to have bill clinton. Donald trump promised the country this glitz and glamour at his convention, the tom brady and the highprofile stars, but tonight what you saw was actually highprofile stars, demi lovato, sarah silverman, paul simon, dr. Ken in that brief ad. Boyz ii men. Boyz ii men. Duck dynasty. Youre comparing duck dynasty to boyz ii men . Dont go in on me. Well talk about it in the sound bite. Senator sanders not mincing words when it comes to secretary clinton. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger. Not leadership which insults latinos and mexicans, insults muslims and women, africanamericans and veterans and seeks to divide us up. By these measures, any objective observer will conclude that based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States. [cheers and applause] kevin madden, how effective was Bernie Sanders tonight . The best quote i saw today was where one of the Bernie Sanders supporters was quoted as saying he fed us a bunch of mountain dew, and now hes telling us to go to sleep. Thats whats really hard, thats why these conventions are designed to demonstrate unity. He has spent the better part of a year and a half serving as prosecutor against Hillary Clinton. Now hes climbing on the witness stand and trying to serve as a character witness. That doesnt happen in an instant. I believe he made attempts to it tonight. By all accounts, the tension started to dissipate in the hall. Based on what we heard folks reporting, folks if that are biased and unbiased. [ laughter ] bias . And unbiased . Im biased. There was progress made, but it is by no means a sure thing. There are a couple things. One is, i think, i think that its not just about him being a hillary prosecutor. I think there were times when Bernie Sanders did not hit Hillary Clinton as hard as he could have. The most memorable moment we have of him versus hillary is enough with the damn emails. I also think on the mountain dew analogy, i think Bernie Sanders taps into the mountain dew stream. He had some mountain dew. I dont think he was passing it out. Thats why you were seeing the pieces where he cant stop the political revolution, he taps into one that was already happening. What if he had done a ted cruz though, even after the email thing. Look, i could have been the nominee, but you guys had your thumb so vote your conscience. Its still unbalanced. Its a net positive for the democrats that he actually did that. It took a long time for him to get there, but he still got there. Going back to what i was saying earlier. The ideologyial division inside the Democratic Party is deeper than it was in 2008. Thats where i think the longer problem is. The financial crisis has left a wing of the Democratic Party fundamentally not believing in the American Economic system in the way it wasnt in 2008. So thats why this divide, even though its being papered over now, this is going to haunt the Democratic Party for years. I want to play this. Theres a whole mashup of people hitting donald trump. Play this. Weve watched him try to get laughs at other peoples expense. Try to incite fear in a time we need to inspire courage, try to rise in the polls by dragging our National Conversation into the gutter. America at our best, we stand up to bullies. And we fight those who seek to demean and degrade other americans. In times of crisis, we dont abandon our values, we double down on them. How we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you dont stoop to their level. No, our motto is, when they go low, we go high. [cheers and applause] trump thinks he can win votes by fanning the flames of fear and hatred, by turning neighbor against neighbor. By persuading you that the real problem in america is your fellow americans. People who dont look like you or dont talk like you or doesnt worship like you. Vacari, were here. [ laughter ] whos she talking to . The only person, i think its Elizabeth Warren who said him by name. I think that, and i had this conversation with kayleigh. And i said you dont have to speak about donald trump by name to understand the divisive rhetoric that he uses. I mean, you can talk about him the way that Michelle Obama did, in a very professional way, the way the first lady of the United States would, she didnt have to stoop to the level of talking about donald trump by name. But i do want to go to one point about Bernie Sanders that i just have to mention. Bernie sanders is bringing a new type of voter to the Democratic Party. Because what Hillary Clinton has done and is continuing to do is build out upon and sol