Please welcome professional Football Player jason c horn and angie harmon. [applause] good evening. Tonight, we are proud to recognize two men who embody the american spirit of bravery and sacrifice. Feat earned the highest honor. It is just a game. Nothing compares to the valor of these men. These are americas heroes. They know the price of liberty and they support president george w. Bush. [applause] the first sailor to earn the medal of honor was John Williams of the uss pawnee during the civil war. The flagstaff fell. The winded captain held the splintered remains in his hand, keeping the flag aloft and rallying his men. The medal of honor represents the highest aspirations of our country. Sacrifice, honor drawn from character and a country where the flag is lifted high and Freedom Still reigns. Tonight, we honor the bravest of the brave. May, 31st, 1951 on a korea wherecity in , armory Corporal Rudy hernandez and his platoon took defensive positions after gunfire and heavy artillery caused numerous casualties. Lacking ammunition, his comrades retreated but corporal hernandez, wounded, stayed behind to slow the enemy. When a ruptured cartridge prevented him from firing, he rushed forward anyway, armed with a rifle and a bayonet. One man against many. Before falling unconscious from his wounds. His heroic and selfless actions saved lives and allowed his unit to retake their ground. Ladies and gentlemen, Corporal Rudy hernandez of north carolina. [applause] in december, 1950 in north korea navy pilot tom hunter came , to the rescue of a downed pilot trapped in burning wreckage behind enemy lines. He successfully attempted a landing on the mountainous terrain. Enemy fire surrounded him and he knew there was little chance of escape or survival in subzero temperatures. However, lieutenant hunter stayed, packing stones in the burning planes fuselage. With his bare hands, he battled time, cold, and flames in an attempt to rescue the downed pilot. Ladies and gentlemen, lieutenant tom hunter of massachusetts, who celebrates his 80th birthday tomorrow. [applause] we thank you both so much for your service to america and to the cause of peace and freedom in the world. We join you in supporting a leader of courage, a president building a safer world, and a more hopeful america. President george w. Bush. [applause] more celebrities spoke at the 2004 republican convention. Elizabeth hassell beck, cohost of the view told delegates about her mothers battle with Breast Cancer and Tony Awardwinning actor ron silver remembered the victims of the 9 11 terrorist attack. [applause] thank you. It is an honor to be here with you tonight. It is a good crowd out there. I can see it already. [laughter] in a distant land, heroic men and women are risking their lives fighting for our freedoms, our families, and our future, and i thank them and their loved ones for their service and dedication to this country. [applause] on american soil, heroic women are fighting a different battle, a silent campaign for their freedom, their families, and their future. It is the fight against Breast Cancer. [applause] nine years ago, my mother was diagnosed with bilateral carcinoma, a serious form of Breast Cancer that moved through her lymph system. I watched her suffer through massive surgery and in rapid four fire, high intensity chemotherapy treatments designed to bring her body to the brink of death. My mother, an independent woman, a tower of strength, was brought to her knees, and i was brought to mine. I will never forget how strongly she held her head so it did not have one strand of hair on it and how she stared down this enemy of cancer through her last. Never letting it get the best of her. My mother, yes, she did. My mother, her sister, both of my grandmothers all fought and found victory in the battle against Breast Cancer. [applause] would get this i wish no one disease, but the reality is that one in every eight women will develop Breast Cancer in their lifetimes. 200,000 this year alone, making it the secondleading cause of death among women. Wishes alone will not make this disease go away. Wishes need action. Fortunately, we have someone at the highest level fighting for a cure, a leader of action who sees Breast Cancer not only as a womans issue, but as a family issue, a human issue. Our nations issue. President george w. Bush. [applause] under his leadership, america is focusing more resources on prevention, Early Detection, and aggressive research into new treatments and therapies. The president is proposing nearly 750 Million Dollars to assist researchers and we are conducting the largest tests of Early Detection technologies in american history. [applause] Breast Cancer does not discriminate. It spares no kind spirit, no beautiful face, no compassionate heart. It does not care about your age, race, or if you can afford your medical bills or not. We certainly could not. That is why president bush is increasing funding by over 20 to provide Screening Services for disadvantaged women. [applause] many who will have access to lifesaving technologies for the very first time. These are mothers and daughters, wives and sisters. Kathy goldberg, kathleen salarky, and my mother elizabeth delpadre, just a few of the foot soldiers in this combat. Quite possibly, Breast Cancer has knocked on the door or will break down the door of the women sitting beside you tonight. Our weapons are awareness, research, and funding. Their medals of honor are pink ribbons. Our leader is president george w. Bush. [applause] yeah. Everyone, everyone here can do something. Everyone home can do something, perform self breast examinations, get clinical tests and annual mammograms, donate to research, run in a race for the cure, join a three day walk or sponsor someone who does. Most importantly, help me reelect a leader in the fight against Breast Cancer who does not simply wish this disease away. He wills it away through action. President george w. Bush. [applause] thank you, god bless, and good night. [applause] here we are. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to thank the president and the Republican Party for holding this event in my hometown. [applause] my fathers hometown, my grandfathers birthplace, and my greatgrandfathers hometown. [applause] just over 1000 days ago, 2605 of my neighbors were murdered at the world trade center. Men, women, and children, as they began their day on a brilliantly clear new york autumn morning less than four miles from where i am now standing. We will never forget. We will never forgive. We will never excuse. [applause] at the end of world war ii, douglas macarthur, general douglas macarthur, the supreme allied commander of the south pacific, said it is my earnest hope, indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion, a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, injustice. Justice aree, and co and justice. The hope he expressed then remains relevant today. [applause] we are again engaged in a war that will decide the future of humankind. Responding to attacks on our soil, america has led a coalition of countries against extremists who want to destroy us, our children, our way of life, and our values. [applause] this is a war we did not seek. This is a war waged against us. This is a war in which we had to respond. [applause] history shows that we are not imperialists, but we are fighters for freedom and democracy. Even though i am a wellrecognized liberal on many issues confronting our society today, i find it ironic that many human rights advocates and outspoken members of my own Entertainment Community are often on the front lines to protest repression, for which i applaud them, but they are usually the first ones to oppose any use of force to take care of these horrors that they catalog repeatedly. [applause] under the unwavering leadership of president bush, the cause of freedom and democracy is being advanced by the courageous men and women serving in our armed services. [applause] the president is doing exactly the right thing. [applause] and that is why we need this president this time. [applause] [chanting four more years] i am grateful to express support to our commanderinchief and the vital cause they have undertaken. General Dwight Eisenhowers statement of 60 years ago is true today. United in this determination, and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with gods help, go forward to our greatest victory. Thank you very much. At the 1996 democratic convention, actor Christopher Reeve called for more funding for medical research. The year before, he was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition. Speaking on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries and for stem cell research, and who later started the Christopher Reeve foundation, dedicated to finding treatment and cures for paralysis. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you very, very much. Well, i just have to start with a challenge to the president. I have seen your train go by, and i think i can beat it. [applause] i will even give you a head start. [laughter] over the last few years, we have heard a lot about something called family values. Like many of you, i have struggled to figure out what that means. Since my accident, i found a definition. That seems to make sense. I think it means that we are all family. [applause] and that we all have value. [applause] now, if that is true, if america is really a family, then we have to recognize that many members of our family are hurting. And just to take one aspect of it, one in five of us has some kind of disability. You may have an aunt with parkinsons disease, a neighbor with a spinal cord injury, a brother with aids. If we are really committed to this idea of family, we have to do something about it. First of all, our nation cannot tolerate discrimination of any kind. [applause] and that is why the americans with disabilities act is so important. [applause] it must be honored everywhere. It is a civil rights law that is tearing down barriers, both in architecture and in attitude. [applause] its purpose is to give the disabled access, not only to buildings, but to every opportunity in society. [applause] i strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the caregivers, who are helping people with disabilities live better lives. [applause] of course, we have to balance the budget. And we will. We have to be extremely careful with every dollar we spend, but we also have to take care of our families. [applause] and not slash programs that people need. [applause] we should be enabling and healing and curing. [applause] one of the smartest things we can do about disability is to invest in research that will protect us from diseases. [applause] this country already has a long history of doing it. When we put our minds to a problem, we find solutions. But our scientists can do more. We have to give them the chance. And that means more funding for research. [applause] right now, for example, about 250,000 americans have a spinal cord injury. And our government spends about 8. 7 billion a year just maintaining these members of our families, but we only spend 40 million a year on research. That would actually improve the quality of their lives, get them off public assistance or even cure them. We have to be smarter and do better. [applause] the money we invest in Research Today is going to determine the quality of life of the members of our family tomorrow. During my rehabilitation, i met a young man named gregory patterson. He was innocently driving to newark, new jersey. He was in a gang shooting. A bullet went through a car window right into his neck. Five years ago, he might have died. Today, because of research, he is alive. [applause] but merely being alive is not an option. We have a moral and an economic responsibility to ease his suffering and to prevent others from experiencing such pain. [applause] and to do that, we dont need to raise taxes. [applause] we just need to raise our expectations. [applause] now, america has a tradition that many nations probably envy. We frequently achieve the impossible. [applause] thats part of our national character. Thats what got us from one coast to another. Thats what got us the largest economy in the world. Thats what got us to the moon. Now, on the wall of my room, when i was at rehab, there was a picture of the Space Shuttle blasting off, and it was autographed by every astronaut now at nasa, and on the top of that picture, it says, we found nothing is impossible. [applause] now that, that should be our motto. [applause] its not a democratic motto, not a republican motto, its an american motto. [applause] its not something one party can do alone. Its something we, as a nation, have to do together. [applause] so many of our dreams so many dreams, at first, seem impossible. And then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. [applause] so if we can conquer outer space , we should be able to conquer inner space too. And that is the frontier of the brain, the Central Nervous afflictionsall the of the body. Research can provide hope for people who suffer from alzheimers. Weve already discovered the gene that causes it. Research can provide hope for people like muhammad ali and the reverend billy graham who suffer from parkinsons. Hope forcan provide the millions of americans who, like kirk douglas, suffer from stroke. Of peoplee the pain who battle multiple sclerosis. Treatments for whom we lost to aids. Know we are on the way to getting millions world,le around the millions of people around the up and out of these wheelchairs. [applause] fdr dedicated New Buildings for the National Institutes of health. That what this nation seeks involves a great deal more than building airplanes, ships, guns, and bombs. We cannot be a strong nation unless we are a healthy nation. [applause] [applause] he could have said that today. Ussident roosevelt showed that a man who could barely lift himself out of a wheelchair could still lift his nation out of despair. [applause] and i believe, and so does this administration [applause] principle, important the most important principle that fdr taught us. America does not let its needy fend for themselves. [applause] america. When all oftronger us take care of all of us. Isfe to that ideal a challenge before us tonight. Thank you very much. [applause] in 2012, inspired by a neil diamond song, Clint Eastwood decided to address an empty chair in his speech at the Republican National convention. The chair was intended to represent president obama. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Save a little for mitt. Now i know what you are thinking. You are thinking, what is a movie tradesman doing out here . You know, they are all leftwingers out there. At least that is what people think, but that is not really the case. Theres a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, republicans, democrats, in hollywood. It is just that conservative people, by nature of the word itself, play a little bit closer to the vest. They dont go around hot dogging it. [applause] but they are there. Believe me, they are there. And i think there is of them voight, otheron people around town. Terrific guy. These people are all likeminded, like all of us. Here,ot mr. Obama sitting and i just was going to ask him a couple questions. Remember three and a half years ago, when mr. Obama won the election, and though i wasnt a big supporter, i was watching that night and they were talking about hope and change, yes we can, and it was dark outdoors, and people were lighting candles. Thought, this is great. Everybody was crying. Oprah was crying. I was even crying. [applause] hard havent cried that since i found out that theres 23 million Unemployed People in this country. [applause] something to cry for, because that is a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we havent done enough, obviously. This administration hasnt done enough to cure that. Have is interest they not strong enough. And i think possibly now it may be time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem. [applause] so, mr. President , how do you handle promises that youve made when you were running for election, and how do you handle them . What do you say to people . People,ust i know people were wondering you dont, ok. Well i know even so many people in your own party who were disappointed when you didnt i thought, why close that . We spent so much money on it. But i thought maybe what do you mean shut up . [laughter] ok. I thought it was just because somebody had a stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown new york city. [laughter] [applause] ive got to hand it to you. Ive got to give credit where credit is due. You did overrule that, finally. Now we are moving onward. I know you were against the war in iraq, and that is ok, but you thought the war in afghanistan was ok, you thought that was something worth doing. We didnt check with the russians to see how they did their for 10 years. But we did it. Know, it is something to be thought about. When we get tot i think you mentioned something about having a target date for bringing everybody home. And i think mr. Romney asked the only sensible question. Why are you giving the date now . Why dont you just bring them home tomorrow morning . [applause] i thought, yeah. Im not going to shut up. It is my turn. Are going to have to have a little chat about that. , allhen i just wondered these promises, i wondered about when the what . What do you want me to tell romney . I cant tell him to do that. [laughter] you are absolutely crazy. You are getting as bad as biden. [laughter] [applause] of course we all know biden is the intellect of the democratic party. Just kind of a grin with a body behind it. Think that theres so much to be done and i think mr. Romney and mr. Ryan are two guys i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway. [applause] i think attorneys are so busy, they are always taught to argue and they are always devils advocate this and bifurcating this and that, all that stuff. I think it is maybe time for a businessman, how about that . [applause] a stellar businessman. Quote unquote, a stellar businessman. And i think it is that time, and if you stepped aside, and mr. Romney can take over, you can still use the plane. Maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are driving around to colleges talking about Student Loans and stuff like that. You are an ecological man. Why would you want to drive that truck around . Anyway, im sorry. I cannot do that to myself either. But i would just like to say ,omething, ladies and gentlemen something that i think is very important. We own this country. [applause] thank you. It andis not you owning not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. [applause] they are just going to come around and beg for votes every few years, same old deal, but i think it is important that you realize that you are the best in the world, whether democrat or republican or libertarian or whatever, you are the best and we should not ever forget that, and when somebody does not do the job, we have to let them go. [applause] ok. Just remember that. And im speaking for everybody out there. I dont say that word anymore. Well, maybe one last time. Be what imo saying is, we dont have to vote for somebody that we dont really want in office. Just because they seem to be nice guys or maybe not so nice guys. I dont know. [applause] but, ok, you want to make my day. [applause] all right. Ill start. You finish it. Go ahead. [crowd chanting] thank you. Thank you very much. 12 years earlier in 2000, actor and filmmaker Tommy Lee Jones gave a personal speech nominating al gore to be the president ial nominee. The two were College Roommates at harvard. [applause] gore has been one of my closest friends since the day we met on the first day of college 35 years ago. There are plenty of people at this convention who can and will speak to the big policy questions. I have one very real issue to talk about. And that is the quality of this mans character. Caring, loving man. I know 35 different people at least who have known al gore for 35 years at least and i know that every single one of them will tell you the same thing. I lived with him for four years and what did we do . Maybeched star trek when we should have been studying for exams. He challenged me to a shooting contest. We would see who could hit 18 can and it was usually al. My parents lived overseas and the gore home was always open to me. When i visited in tennessee, we did the things you would expect college kids to do. We would catch a loose cow, go canoeing, hunting, chasing through the woods with kuhn dogs in the middle of the night. One time in college, neither of us could make it home for thanksgiving, so we made a fire in our room and we wrapped a big turkey in a couple rolls of tinfoil and roasted it right there in the dorm. I know from tipper that that has been some of the most ambitious cooking albert has done since then. And there were serious times. We were all affected by the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther king and our countrys tragic involvement in southeast asia. Al struggled to hold onto his faith and i can tell you, al gore never did lose faith in america. Was goingure what al to do with his life, but i always knew that he had the brains and the heart to change the whole world. And then there was his love for tipper. They had only been dating for a short while, but i knew they would spend the rest of their lives together. To this day, when they come to our house, they sit in each others lap, they hold hands, they even smooch occasionally. These days, when al and i get together, we talk about our families, our lives, our dreams, the same things we talked about as college kids. But its so long ago now, is really as close as the last minute. And i am very proud of what he has done for this country. [applause] and i will tell you that al is the closest thing ive had to a brother. Are,or me, the big issues are they feeding him well . Will the stress of the job hurt him . And i can tell you with full confidence, he has since enough to eat well and the stress is no problem. [applause] you are watching tonight and i want america to know what i know. You are going to be one of the best president s this country has ever had. We need a person with al gores commitment. We need a person with your heart. Because the office of the president represents every child on earth. Affection, with admiration, with faith in the future, i nominate my friend al gore as the next president of the united states. [applause] actress Kerry Washington was a moderator during last weeks Democratic National convention. In 2012, she and Scarlett Johansson talked to delegates about the importance of voting. Kerry i am so grateful to be here with you tonight. I am here, not just as an , aness, but as a woman africanamerican, a granddaughter of immigrants who came through ellis island, a person who could not have afforded College Without the help of Student Loans, and as one of millions of volunteers working to reelect president obama. [applause] people have struggled so that you and i, all of us, could have a voice in this great democracy, and live up to those first three words of our constitution, we the people. I love that phrase. So much. Because throughout our countrys history, weve expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. And that is what it means to move forward. And that is what this election is about. And it is why we cannot sit on the sidelines. I get it. Whether it is school, work, family, weve all got a lot on our minds. Weve heard people say, i am too busy to think about politics. But heres the thing. You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you. Today, there are people out there trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers, and greatgrandmothers fought for. Rights that we fought for. Our right to vote. Our right to choose. Affordable quality education. Equal pay. Access to health care. And we the people cannot let that happen. [applause] want you to know that tonight , even as this convention is coming to a close, a movement is building around our country. The other side wants to take our voices away and render us invisible. But we are not invisible. [applause] iowa to a yogurt , friends andado neighbors have gathered for 5000 watch parties. They are committed to this campaign. All of us together, we will reelect president obama. [applause] but none of us can be silent. We need all of us in this network. And we will win this election because we are the people. [applause] gentlemen, please welcome actress and advocate Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett thank you. It is an honor to be here tonight. I speak to you not as a representative of young hollywood, but as a representative of the many millions of young americans, particularly young women, who depend on public and nonprofit programs to help them survive. [applause] i grew up in new york city. I grew up with four siblings. My father barely made enough to get by. We moved every year and we finally settled in a Housing Development for lower income families. We went to Public Schools and depended on programs for School Transport and lunches, as did most of my friends. My girlfriends from high school to this day still depend on planned parenthood and medicaid for Important Health care services. 2008, less than half of all eligible voters between the ages of 1824 voted. Young america, why are we only speaking with half hour voice when so many issues at stake here directly affect us . [applause] you know who im voting for . Im not going to tell you who to vote for. Im here to ask you to commit to vote. It has never been easier. You can register, find your polling location, any other information you need. It is that easy. Earlier this week, Chelsea Clinton reminded us that we are the generation who feel our voices havent been heard. So vote so that your voice is heard. Over the last two days, weve been reminded of something that perhaps we got, what has been accomplished and what is at stake, whether we can get health care, afford college, be guaranteed equal pay, all of these things are at great risk, and that is why im here today, to use whatever attention im fortunate to receive to shed the spotlight on what is at stake for all of us. [applause] when i was a little girl, my ,other, a registered democrat she would take me into the polling booth and tell me which buttons to press and when to pull the lever. Is that even legal . I dont know. Anyway, i remember that excitement that i felt and i felt like my moms vote wasnt just about the candidate. It was about our family and all the families in our community. This last election, i finally got to punch those buttons for real, for me. My eyeo excited, i wore voted pin the whole day. 6, ihis year, on november am filled with that same pride, that same enthusiasm, to press the button to reelect president barack obama. [applause] so get out there. Exercise your right to vote. Thank you. [applause] cspan has covered every minute of every Political Convention since 1984. Our Video Library contains those and many more hours of archival deal. Watch more Historical Convention spaces at cspan. Org. Cspans live coverage of the Republican NationalConvention Continues tonight at 8 30 eastern with Vice President mike pence, second lady karen pence, and counselor to President Trump kellyanne conway. Listen with the cspan radio app. Email newsletter offers a synopsis of the key events. Sign up at cspan. Org. Politico continued its Republican National convention coverage