240 years after the birth of our nation in this city, 96 years after american women first got the right to vote, Hillary Rodham clinton has become the first nominee for president. Here was the moment, just hours ago, when her defeated foe, Bernie Sanders, made it happen. I move that all votes, all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record and i move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States. Some emotion there from sanders. Then this. All in favor of the motion, say aye. Aye opposed, no. The ayes have it and the crowd went wild. Cecilia vega, you were on the floor for that moment of history that brought unity to this hall. George, electrifying is the only way to describe what happened down here today. Yes, there has been talk about this hall being divided, yes, there are Bernie Sanders supporters who are in here tonight who are still angry, but right now, this is an energized court. We saw people crying today at what they witnessed. I saw a Woman Holding a sign with a picture of the white house that said, byebye glass ceiling. From Hillary Clinton today, a oneword response on twitter. The word history. And george, after what happened here today, there will be a generation of children who will grow up knowing that a woman can have a shot at the white house in this country. Hillary clinton tweeted herself, this moment is for every little girl who dreams big. There is Chelsea Clinton coming in earlier this evening. She is there in the box. Going watch the proceedings tonight. Going watch her dad, who is going to come to the floral. That could mean that grandma is babysitting aiden and charlotte. Martha raddatz, you traveled thousands of miles with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Shes broken a lot of glass ceilings in her life. This is the biggest one yet. It is. She was the third female secretary of state, but when you think about the possibilities for Hillary Clinton, shes not just running for president. If she wins, she would be commander in chief. The most profound, important job in the world. She would be the one sending young men and women into battle. There has never been a female secretary of defense. Theres never been a female chairman of the joint chiefs. Never been female service chiefs. So, this would be a huge moment for the nation, and its hard for some people to accept. Ive heard people out, voters out saying they would have a difficult time with her, a woman, being commander in chief. . One of the challenges she has to overcome. Matthew dowd, eight years ago when Hillary Clinton first ran for president against barack obama, didnt put a lot of stress on the fact that she would be the first woman president , that has changed in this campaign. Yeah, its changed dramatically. If you think about the time in 2008, it came at the tail end of george w. Bushs presidency, a lot of cowboy masculinity, and she ran away she didnt say she said, dont vote for me because im a woman. Now, she is playing the womans card. She wouldnt play it last time. Its her whole card. She is saying, vote for me, because im a woman. Thinking that will make the difference. On the floor right now, a video of bill clinton. Hes going to come to the floor in a few minutes. Jon karl, lets go back to the moment from Bernie Sanders. Generous moment for him, echoing what Hillary Clinton did for barack obama eight years ago. You could feel the mood shift in the room when he did it. 1,900 Bernie Sanders delegates in this room. Many telling us that they think Bernie Sanders had a chance, they could never get around to supporting Hillary Clinton. I have to tell you, when he came up and he did what he did, you could feel the mood change in the hall. The tears coming out of his own eyes, the vermont delegation, his supporters around the hall, and when he said, for Hillary Clinton, this place erupted. And you couldnt hear many of the boos anymore. And david muir, you were on the floor for much of the afternoon, when they went through the roll call, state by state and let the Bernie Sanders voters have their say, put the delegates on the board, that made a huge difference, too. Absolutely, george. It acknowledged the hard work and really the history made by sanders. We were down on the floor as the roll call began. They went state by state through the votes. They would announce the votes for Bernie Sanders. You would hear the cheers in the crowd, and then, the votes for Hillary Clinton. State by state. And in the end, no one knew that Bernie Sanders was going to do that. They moved vermont to the end of the list. And he did appear. And to watch the arc of the last 24 hours, george. Michelle obama coming in here, changing the temperature immediately last night. And to have Bernie Sanders supporters acknowledged today with that roll call vote, and then sanders himself, and now tonight, this crowd awaiting, it is silent in here as they watch this video for bill clinton and this very personal speech. That big speech is coming up. Terry moran, you covered bill clinton in the white house. This speech is a first in another way, weve had husbands come and support their wives at conventi conventions. Weve had spouses do that. Weve never had a former president come out and basically vouch for his wife as the president ial candidate. Its extraordinary, george. And this is the next chapter in this convention. Its as if the whole convention has taken a breath, after all the emotion that we talked about, and he is next. Bill clinton. And one of the things people are expecting, i was talking to a woman delegate, they want to hear his side of their personal story, which including their troubles, which includes their famous troubles, through the impeachment. Theyd like to hear him talk about that, address the impact on hillary, and what we can draw about Hillary Clinton from their life story. Its a very different kind of speech. It is a different kind of speech. And cecilia vega, the speech some what of a mystery. Usually, bill clintons speeches are a joint effort. Nobodys seen it. What we do know is that hes spent a lot of time working on this speech himself, george. This will be bill clintons tenth convention speech. We know that this one is going to be very personal. Hes here not just as a former president , as a huge person in this Democratic Party, but tonight, he is here as a husband. His job is to try to prevent another side of Hillary Clinton that america doesnt yet know. Hillary clinton that only he knows, matthew dowd. Just as four years ago, he had to talk about, as we see Chelsea Clinton there, again, the barack obama only he knew as a former president. That was one of the key moments in the campaign that basically began to turn the race and put barack obama as the front. I dont think you can underplay the dominance that bill clinton has said in the last 50 years in america, as much dominance in Democratic Politics that fdr had. This is his tenth consecutive convention. Hes defined the Democratic Party for nearly a half a century. He has to give the stage over now, martha raddatz. He certainly does. And one of the things he has to do, which is such a challenge tonight is that americans know Hillary Clinton. They have been seeing her for decades. And he is trying to tell everyone something new about Hillary Clinton. Something that will reach beyond this convention hall. And jon karl, in many ways, this Democratic Party is not the Democratic Party that bill clinton spoke to in 1992. In fact, Bernie Sanders supporters here have been in revolt against the Democratic Party of bill clinton. The party of free trade, the party of try angulation, moderation. This is in many ways a very Different Party that now Hillary Clinton finds herself leading. And we look at that floor now, waiting bill clinton, as that video wraps up. Some anticipation now for his speech, as we see Chelsea Clinton, next to senator elizabeth warren. David muir, give us a feel. I got to tell you, george, this room is silent, watching this video. And what a shift for Hillary Clinton, for years, you know, supporting her husband and then supporting barack obama when she lost that hardfought nomination battle with barack obama, but seeing her this week with tim kaine, that joint interview, him defending her and now president clinton, who will come out here and make the case for his wife, just imagine what its like for her in new york tonight, watching people defend her, have her back and make the case for Hillary Clinton. Just seconds away right now. Lets go down to the stage for the introduction of former president bill clinton. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 42nd president of the United States, bill clinton. That slow amble there to the podium. Right in the middle of the stage. As you said, matthew dowd, hes done this, this will be his tenth time. And he loves it. Hes gotten very, very good at this. But as martha said, this is the first time he has to turn the stage over to somebody else in a big way, and its his wife. The signs of america out there. I think theres a little jump there to the stage. Thank you. He is ready to get started. Thank you. Hair so much whiter than when he accepted the nomination in 1992. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. In the spring of 1971, i met a girl. The first time i saw her, we were appropriately enough, in a class on political and civil rights. She had thick blond hair, big glasses. Wore no makeup. And she exuded this sense of strength and selfpossession that i found magnetic. After the class, i followed her out. Intending to introduce myself. I got close enough to touch her back, but i couldnt do it. Somehow i knew this would not be just another tap on the shoulder. That i might be starting something i couldnt stop. I saw her several more times in the next few days but i still didnt speak to her. Then, one night, i was in the law library, talking to a classmate who wanted me to join the yale law journal. He said it would guarantee me a job at a big firm or a clerkship with a federal judge. I really wasnt interested, i just wanted to go home to arkansas. Then then i saw the girl again. Standing at the opposite end of that long room. Finally, she was staring back at me. So, i watched her, she closed her book, put it down, and started walking toward me. She walked the whole length of the library, came up to me and said, look. If youre going to keep staring at me, and now im staring back, we at least ought to know each others name. Im Hillary Rodham. Who are you . I was so i was so impressed and surprised that, whether you believe it or not, momentarily, i was speechless. Finally, i sort of blurted out my name, we exchanged a few words and then she went away. Well, i didnt join the law review, but i did leave that library with a whole new goal in mind. Couple days later i saw her again. I remember, she was wearing a long, white flowery skirt. And i went up to her and she said she was going to register for classes for the next term. I said, id go, too. And we stood in line and talked, you had to do that to register back then. And i thought i was doing pretty well. Until we got to the front of the line, and the registrar looked up, said, bill, what are you doing here . You registered this morning. I turned red and she laughed that big laugh of hers. And i thought, well, heck, since my covers been blown, i just went ahead and asked her to take a walk down to the art museum. Wed been walking and talking and laughing together ever since. And weve done it in good times and bad, through joy and heartbreak. We cried together this morning on the news that our good friend and a lot of your good friend, mark winart passed away this morning. We built up a lifetime of memories. After the first month, and that first walk, i actually drove her home to park ridge, illinois, to to meet her family and see the town where she grew up. A perfect example of postworld war ii middle class america. Street after street of nice houses, great schools, good parks, big public swimming pool. And almost all white. I really liked her family. Her crusty conservative father. Her rambunctious brothers. All extolling the virtues of roofting f ing rooting for the bears and the cubs. And for the people from illinois here, they even told me what waiting for next year meant. Could be next year, guys. Now, her mother was different. She was more liberal than the boys. And she had a childhood that made mine look like a piece of cake. She was easy to underestimate, with her soft manner and she reminded me all over again of the truth of that old saying, you should never judge a book by its cover. Knowing her was one of the greatest gifts hillary ever gave me. I learned that hillary got her introduction to social justice through her methodist youth minister. He remaineded her friend for the rest of his life. This will be the only campaign of hers he ever missed. When she got to college, her support for civil rights, her opposition to the vietnam war compelled her to change parties and become a democrat. And then between college and law school, on a total arc, she went alone to alaska and spent some time sliming fish. More to the point, by the time i met her, she had already been involved in the law Schools Legal Services project and shed be influenced by Marian Wright adelman. She took a summer internship interviewing workers in migrant camps for senator walter m mondales subcommittee. She hads begun working in the Yale New Haven Hospital to develop procedures to handle suspected child abuse cases. She got so involved in childrens issues that she actually took an extra year in law School Working at the Child Studies Center to learn what more could be done to improve the lives and the futures of poor churn. So, she was already determined to figure out how to make things better. Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of Public Service by private citizens. In the summer of 1972, she went to alabama to visit one of those segregated academies that enrolled half a million white kids in the south. The only way the economics worked is that they claimed federal tax exceptions for which they were not legally entitled. She got sent to prove they whereabout. So, she sauntered into one of the academies, all by herself, pretending to be a housewife that needed to find a school for her son. And they exchanged pleasantries and finally, she said, look, lets just get to the bottom line here. If i enroll my son in this school, will he be in a segregated school, yes or no . And the guy said, absolutely. She had him. Ive seen it 1,000 times since. And she went back and her encounter was part of a report that gave the ammunition needed to keep working to force the Nixon Administration to take those Tax Exemptions away and give our kids access to an equal education. Then then she went down to south texas where she met she met one of the nicest fellas i ever met, the Wonderful Union leader, franklin garcia, and he helped her register mexicanamerican voters. I think some of them are still around to vote for her in 2016. And then and our last year in law school, hillary kept up this work, she went to South Carolina to see why so many young africanamerican boys, i mean, young teenagers, were being jailed for years with adults. In mens prisons. And she filed a report on that, which led to some changes, too. Always making things better. Now, meanwhile, lets get back to business. I was trying to convince her to marry me. I first proposed to her on a trip to great britain. The first time shed ever been overseas, and we were on the shoreline of this wonderful little lake. I asked her to marry me and he sai she said, i cant do it. So, in 1974, i went home to teach in the law school and hillary moved to massachusetts to keep working on childrens ush s issues. This time, trying to figure out why so many kids counted in the census werent enrolled in school. She found one of them sitting alone on her porch in a wheelchair. Once more, she filed a report about these kids and that helped influence ultimately congress to adopt the proposition that children with disabilities, fizz kag physical or otherwise, should have access to public education. You saw you saw the results of that last night, when anastasia talked. She never made fun of people with disabilities, she tried to empower them based on their abilities. Meanwhile, i was still trying to get her to marry me. So, the second time i asked, i tried a different tactic. I said, i really want you to marry me, but you shouldnt do it. She smiled and looked at me like, what is this boy up to . She said, that is not a very good sales pitch. I said, i know, but its true. And i meant it, it was true. I said, i know most of the Young Democrats our age who want who want to go into politics, they mean well, and t