It is standing room only at the wells fargo center. Thats katy perry singing youre going to hear me roar. Thats the question, what are we going to hear from Hillary Clinton . So many people have come to witness history and they are roaring now. Theyve come to witness history. Good evening. Im norah odonnell. And im scott pelley. Tonight, Hillary Clinton will make the most important speech of her life, telling the nation why she should be the next president of the united states. The former firstlady is a lady of firsts. The first, firstlady to run for office. The first to serve in a cabinet. And tonight, she makes her debut as the first woman nominated for president by a major party. The first, at last. Hillary clinton will be introduced by her daughter, chelsea. John dickerson is at his listening post near the podium. John . Scott, im looking down on bill clinton, who is in the orchestra pit here right below where the first lady will speak. Hes up, shaking hands, ever the politician. She will finally get a chance to do the talking herself. All the three speakers have defined the presidency in shoes only Hillary Clinton can fill. She will be optimistic in contrast to donald trump, but shes well aware and the campaign is well aware that theres frustration and anger. Shes going to try to strike the balance and answer for the woman that wrote it take a village will be this notion of coming together as a nation. And were expecting Chelsea Clinton, the 36yearold daughter of bill and Hillary Clinton to be coming out at any moment. You can hear, shes coming around the corner. Thank you thank you oh, thank you thank you. It is such an honor for me to be here tonight. Im here as a proud american, a proud democrat, a proud mother and tonight in particular a very, very proud daughter. [cheers applause] mark and i cant quite believe it, but our daughter, charlotte, is nearly two years old. She loves elmo. She loves blueberries. And above all, she loves spacetiming with grandma. My mom can be about to walk on stage for a speech and it just doesnt matter. She will drop everything for a few minutes of blowing kisses and reading chugga chugg a choochoo. Chugga chugga got an applause. Our son, aiden is doing well. Were biased but we think hes about the cutest baby in the world. A view im pretty sure my mom shares. Every day that i spend as charlotte and aidens mother, i think about my own mother. My wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother. My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after i had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading me good night moon. From that moment to this one, every single memory i have of my mom is that regardless of what was happening in her life, she was always, always there for me. [applause] every soccer game, every softball game, every piano recital, every dance recital, sundays spent together at church, in the local library, countless saturdays finding shapes in the clouds, making up stories what we would do if we ever met a triceratops. In my opinion, the friendliest looking dinosaurs. Although my mom would remind me they were still dinosaurs. As a kid, i was pretty obsessed with dinosaurs and the day that my parents took me to Dinosaur National park, i didnt think life could get any better. Whenever my mom was away for work, which thankfully didnt happen very often, she left notes for me to open every day she was gone. All stacked neatly together in a special drawer with a date on the front of each one so i would know which note to open on which day. When she went to france to learn about their child care system, i remember one was all about the eiffel tower. Another was about the ideas she hopes to bring home to help the kids of arkansas. I treasured each and everyone of those notes. They were another reminder that i was always in her thoughts and in her heart. Growing up, conversations around the dinner table always started with what i learned in school that day. I remember one week talking incessantly about a book that had captured my imagination, a wrinkle in time. Only after my parents had listened to me would they then talk about what they were working on. Education, healthcare, what was consuming their days and keeping them up at night. I loved that my parents expected me to have opinions and to be able to back them up with facts. [applause] i never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas, and i always, always knew how deeply they loved me. That feeling of being valued and loved, thats what my mom wants for every child. [applause] it is the calling of her life. My parents raised me to know how lucky i was, that i never had to worry about food on the table, that i never had to worry about a good school to go to. That i never had to worry about a safe neighborhood to play in. They taught me to care about what happens in our world and to do whatever i could to change what frustrated me, what felt wrong. They taught me that is the responsibility that comes with being smiled on by fate. [applause] and i know my kids are a little young, but im already trying to instill those same values in them. Theres Something Else that my mother taught me. Public service is about service. As her daughter, ive had a special window into how she served. Ive seen her holding the hands of mothers worried about how theyll feed their kids, worried about how theyll get them the healthcare they need. My mother promising to do everything she could to help. Ive seen her right after those conversations getting straight to work, figuring out what she could do, who she could call, how fast she could get results. She always feels like there isnt a moment to lose. Because she knows that for that mother, for that family, there isnt. [applause] and ive also seen her at the low points. Like the summer of 1994. Several people this week have talked about her fight for universal healthcare. I saw it up close. It was bruising. It was exhausting. She fought her heart out. As all of you know, she lost. For me, then 14 years old, it was pretty tough to watch. But my mom, she was amazing. She took a little time to replenish her spirit, family movie night definitely happened. Dad, as all of you now know, liked police academy. My mom and i loved pride and prejudice. And then she just got right back to work because she believed she could still make a difference for kids. [applause] people ask me all the time how does she do it. How does she keep going amid the sound and the fury of politics. Heres how. Because she never, ever forgets who shes fighting for. [cheers applause] shes worked to make it easier for foster kids to be adopted, for our 911 First Responders to get the healthcare they deserve. For woman around the world to be safe, to be treated with dignity and to have more opportunities. Fights like these, theyre what keep my mother going. They grab her heart and her conscious and they never ever let go. Thats what my mom is. Shes a listener a doer, a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So this november, im voting for a woman who is my role model as a mother and as an advocate. A woman who has spent her entire life fighting for families and children. Im voting for the progressive that will protect our planet from Climate Change and our communities from fun violence. Who will reform our criminal Justice System and who knows that womens rights are human rights. [cheers applause] and who knows that lgbt rights are human rights. Here at home and around the world. Im voting for a fighter who never ever gives up and who believes that we can always do better when we come together and we Work Together. I hope that my children will some day be as proud of me as i am of my mom. I am so grateful to be her daughter. Im so grateful that shes charlotte and aidans grandmother. She makes me proud every single day. And mom, grandma would be so, so proud of you tonight. [applause] to everyone watching here and at home, i know with all my heart that my mother will make us proud as our next president. This is the story of my mother, Hillary Clinton. Here is a woman. What does she dream of . When does she feel Chelsea Clinton spent her teenage years in the white house. There was a tweet that came out just a moment ago from Hillary Clinton. Thats right. Hillary clinton was back stage watching her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, as she made this emotional speech before this crowd here. I see that Chelsea Clinton is the first person in the world to have both parents nominated to be president of the united states. Gayle king is among the delegates on the convention floor. Gayle . Not just with the delegates but the delegates of arkansas. They say that they know this woman. Why . They remember when she was first lady of their state. Many tonight are wearing head bands in their honor the way hillary used to do in the day, this is johnny and linda. Johnny, this is a very emotional moment for you because we worked so hard. Hillary is our friend. We know her. Shes going to make a great president. Its an emotional moment for me because we worked so hard for so many years as her friend. Linda, you said you heard people say she cant be trusted. I think sometimes she builds up things around her. She receives criticism through the years. Those of us that know her, know what she can do and know what she has done, we trust her completely. You said shes ahead of her time. Absolutely. When i worked for progressive company, Technology Company in arkansas, we did a technology conference. Hillary was our keynote speaker. She did an eightpoint speech with no notes and talked about the importance of technology and education. This was in 1990. You said she did work and bill clinton got the credit. Yeah. A lot of people think bill clinton did a lot of the work. I was there. I remember. Hillary looked at her researchers. She said we need schools. I looked at north carolina. We wanted arkansas to have one. Are you surprised that were standing here today about to hear from your friend, Hillary Clinton . Im not surprised. In 1990 when i was sitting at that table watching her write that speech, i wrote on my legal pad hillary for president. I knew she would be here. And she is here. Scott and norah back to you two. The audience is watching a 12minute film, a bio pick after which Hillary Clinton will be walking out. Nancy is on the floor. Scott, im standing with the colorado delegation. Theres about two dozen people behind me wearing glow in the dark tshirts. Its no accident theyre bright. These are Bernie Sanders tshirts. They read enough is enough. We expect that some of them will walk out in protest. Others may stand up and disrupt the proceedings. Across the arena in the california delegation, were told they might unfurl a banner. Others will sit silently. Theres a few hundred of them here in the arena. I talked to one gentleman that said he understands the importance of this moment. He wants to sit silently but wants to be a remindser that they dont feel that sander supports were treated fairly and they expect her to work hard for their vote. They expect her to talk about the issues that they care about. So democratic officials are pretty resigned to the fact that this is going to happen. They just hope its not too disruptive. All right. It will be interested to hear Hillary Clinton make a gracious note towards Bernie Sanders. Still ahead, well hear from her. Cbs News Coverage of the Democratic NationalConvention Continues in just a moment. Im Michael Jordan and im here with hillary. I said that because i know that a lot of you couldnt tell the difference. I know with all my heart that my mother will make us proud as our next president. Before it be, it was an idea. A wild whatif. So scientists went to work. They examined 87 different protein structures and worked for 12 long years. There were thousands of patient volunteers and the hope of millions. And so after it became a medicine, someone who couldnt be cured, could be. Me. Will give the largest nondebate audience shell have this Campaign Season to give a speech to make her case. What are sources telling you she will say . One thing about the constant mention of children, which raises questions of trust. Hillary clinton knows the challenges she faces. She knows that lots of people have said how wonderful she is. Now she has to say this is who i am. I want you to see me. Talk about trust and also talk about change and talk about her vision. Not a past vision, but a future vision. She will provide a contrast were told. She will mentioned the name of donald trump, bob. You know, she has one mission and one mission only. The vote we take for president is different from any other vote than americans can. We generally vote for the person we feel most comfortable with in a time of crisis. She has to convince america that she is the person they would be most comfortable with under those circumstances or at least more comfortable than they would be with donald trump. John dickerson is at the podium for us. The emotional level here has opinion prepared for Hillary Clinton. Conventions are pep rally and relations with the outside world. Shes had the pep rally underway. And then of course Barack Obamas speech and now Chelsea Clinton. Inside the hall theyre ready for her. The question is what her message will be. Shes running in a very cold environment, a very tough election. So really this speech will be judged by how the rest of the world sears it, now the applause that she will get when she walks out. John dickerson, thank you. The delegates have been watching a bio graphical movie of Hillary Clinton. Heres a clip of that film. Here is a woman making her first marks on the world. She is, we all know, bright and promises and an achiever. Yet extraordinarily what is most striking about the young woman is her heart. Her abiding belief that the same opportunities that chelsea has had should be extended to every child. That comes through in everything she does. She could have joined a big law firm, been a corporate big wig. She chose the childrens defense fund. She went doortodoor helping those that were denied with schooling. She went on to cover as a housewife to prove that alabama would define the law to keep schools all white. She was successful at all three. In arkansas she boldly reforms the states educational system and in the white house she eagerly takes on national healthcare. For old school washington, healthcare reform is not welcome. My mother wanted me to be resilient and wanted me to be brave. She said to me, theres no room for cowards in this house. Hillary worked with democrats and republicans and together they created a plan that to this day provide medical insurance for eight million american children. 8 million children. Simply because theyre born girls. You and i werent there, but its been said that the u. N. Womens conference in beijing is where hillary woke up the world. Human rights are womens rights and womens rights are human rights once and for all. In 1995, that was a radical statement. Im going to stand up and fight for every american because i think if you are the president , thats exactly what you should do every day. This is the woman. A video produced by the awardwinning director, shonda rimes who has done scandal and other television shows. Nancy . One thing that Hillary Clinton says on the campaign trail to people that dont support her, you may not be for me, but i will always be there for you. Typically shes referring to Bernie Sanders supporters. Shes going to say that again tonight. In this case, shes referring to the spectrum, republicans, independence and democrats. Her campaign believes that trumps speech last week at the Republican Convention was narrowly focused at republican voters. They want to reach out to a wider audience. All right, nancy. Thank you so much. Charlie rose is here with us. Its a big moment. It is. Family is at the center of this. My guess is when she steps out there, she will talk about family and the relationship and what her daughter mean to her and her grandchildren mean to her as a means of harmonizing and showing her sense of humanity. Chelsea said were a real family and youll see that more and more as hillary talks. But she also has to be strong and lay it out, how she sees the future. Bob, shes been in the american consciousness for 25 year. This is the biggest speech shes ever made. Yes, all the compliments have been passed on by others here. Shes gotten a great sendoff from the obamas. She could have asked more from president obama. After all, he said shes the most qualified person to ever seek the office of presidency. Maybe some historians might quibble with that a little bit, but that is what he said. Now its up to Hillary Clinton. John dickerson . You know, scott, Hillary Clinton admits that shes not a great speech maker. The president even said that as well in our discussion with him. This is her first chance to give a big speech in the country, in the city where the country was founded to connect her Historic Campaign to america. Her daughter, chelsea, is bringing her on the stage now. [cheers applause] cheers and applause [cheers applause] thank you. [cheers applause] thank you so much. [cheers applause] thank you. Thank you all so much. [cheers applause] thank you. Thank you. [cheers applause] thank you all very, very much. Thank you for that amazing welcome. Thank you all for the Great Convention that weve had. And chelsea, thank you. I am so proud to be your mother and so proud of the woman youve become. Thank you for bringing marc into our family and charlotte and aidan into the world. And bill, that conversation we started in the law library 45 years ago, it is still going strong. [chanting]. You know that conversation has lasted through good times that filled us with joy and hard times that tested us. And ive even gotten in a few words along the way. On tuesday night, i was so happy to see that my explai explainerinchief is still on the job. Im also grateful to the rest of my family and to the friends of a lifetime. For all of you whose hard work brought us here tonight and to those of you that joined this campaign this week, thank y wee been. [cheers applause] we heard the man from hope, bill clinton and the man of hope, barack obama. [cheers applause] america is stronger because of president obamas leadership. Im better because of his friendship. We heard from our terrific Vice President , the one and only joe biden. [cheers applause] he spoke from his big heart about our partys commitment to working people, as only he can do. First Lady Michelle obama reminded us that our children are watching. And the president we elect is going to be their president , too. For those of you out there who are just getting to know tim kaine, you will soon understand why the people of virginia keep promoting him from city council to mayor and governor and now senator. He will make our whole country proud as our Vice President. [cheers applause] and i want to thank Bernie Sanders. [cheers applause] bernie, your campaign inspired millions of americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls into our primary. You put economic and social justice issues front and center where they belong. And to all of your supporters here and around the country, i want you to know, ive heard you. Your cause is our cause. [cheers applause] our country needs your ideas, energy and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for america [cheers applause] we wrote it together. Now lets go out and make it happen together. [cheers applause] my friends, we have come to philadelphia, the birth place of our nation, because what happened in this city 240 years ago still has something to teach us today. We all know the story. But we usually focus on how it turned out. Not enough on how close that story came to never being written at all. When representatives from 13 unruly colonies met just down the road from here, some wanted to stick with the king and some wanted to stick it to the king. The revolution hung in the balance. Then somehow they began listening to each other, compromising, finding common purpose. By the time they left philadelphia, they had begun to see themselves as one nation. Thats what made it possible to stand up to a king. That took courage. They had courage. Our founders embraced. The enduring truth that we are stronger together. [applause] now america is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying. Just as with our founders, there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we will all Work Together so we can all rise together. [applause] our countrys motto is e pluribus enum. Will we stay true to that motto . Well, we heard donald trump fans here last week at his convention. He wants to divide us from the rest of the world and from each other. Hes betting that the perils of todays world will blind us to its unlimited promise. Hes taken the Republican Party a long way from morning in america to midnight in america. He wants us to fear the future and fear each other. Well, you know, a great democratic president , Franklin Delanore Roosevelt came up with a much more perilous team. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. [cheers applause] now, we are cleareyed about what our country is up against. But we are not afraid. We will rise to the challenge just as we always have. We will not build a wall. Instead we will build an economy where ever where everyone that wants a good job can get one. And we will build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy. We will not ban a religion. We will work with all americans and our allies to fight and defeat terrorism. [applause] yet we know there is a lot to do. Too many people havent had a pay raise since the crash. Theres too much inequality, too little social mobility, too much paralysis in washington. Too many threats at home and abroad. But just look for a minute at the strengths we bring as americans who meet these challenges. We have the most dynamic and Diverse People in the world. We have the most tolerant and generous young people weve ever had. [cheers applause] we have the most powerful military, the most innovative entrepreneurs, the most enduring values. Freedom and opportunity. We should be so proud that those words are associated with us. I have to tell you, as your secretary of state, i went to 112 countries. When people hear those words, they hear america. So dont let anyone tell you that our country is weak. Were not. Dont let anyone tell you that we dont have what it takes. We do. Most of all, dont believe anyone who says i alone can fix it. Yes, those were actually Donald Trumps words in cleveland. And they should set off alarm bells for all of us. Really . I alone can fix it . Isnt he forgetting troops on the front lines, Police Officers and firefighters, doctors and nurses who care for us . Teachers that change lives . Entrepreneurs that teach possibilities in every problem . Mothers that lost children to violence and our building a movement to keep other kids safe . Hes forgetting every last one of us. Americans dont say i alone can fix it. We say well fix it together. And remember, remember, our founders fought a revolution and wrote a constitution so america would never be a nation where one person had all the power. 240 years later, we still put our faith in each other. Look at what happened in dallas. After the assassinations of five brave Police Officers. Police officer chief david brown asked the community to support his force. Maybe even join them. You know how the Community Responded . Nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days. [applause] thats how americans answer when the call for help goes out. 20 years ago, i wrote a book called it takes a village. And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, what the heck do you mean by that . This is what i mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone. America needs everyone of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambitions to making our nation better and stronger. I believe that with all my heart. Thats why stronger together is not just a lesson from our history, its not just a slogan for our campaign, its a guiding principle for the country weve always been and the future were going to build. A country where the economy works for everyone, not just those at the top. Where you can get a good job and send your kids to a good school no matter what zip code you live in. A country where all our children can dream and those dreams are within reach. Where families are strong, communities are safe and yes, where love trump hates. [applause] that is the country were fighting for. Thats the future that were working toward. And so my friends, it is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in americas confidence, that i accept your nomination for president of the united states. [cheers applause] now sometimes, sometimes the people at this podium are new to the national stage. As you know, im not one of those people. Ive been your first lady, served eight years as a senator from the great state of new york. [cheers applause] then i represented all of you as secretary of state. But my job titles only tell you whats done. They dont tell you why. The truth is, through all these years of public service, the service part has always come easier to me than the public part. I get it. Some people just dont know what to make of me. So let me tell you. The family im from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a different kind. Builders in the way most American Families are. They used whatever tools they had, whatever god gave them. Whatever life in america provided and built better lives and Better Futures for their kids. My grandfather worked in the same scranton lace mill for 50 years. Because he believed that if he gave everything he had, his children would have a better life than he did. He was right. My dad, hugh, made it to college. He played football at penn state and enlisted in the navy after pearl harbor. When the war was over, he started his own Small Business printing fabric for draperies. I remember watching him stand for hours over silk screens. He wanted to give my brothers and me opportunities he never had and he did. My mother, dorothy, was abandoned by her parents as a young girl. She ended up on her own at 14 working as a house maid. She was saved by the kindness of others. Her first grade teacher saw she had nothing to eat at lunch and brought extra food to share the entire year. The lesson she passed on to me years later stuck with me. No one gets through life alone. We have to look out for each other and lift each other up. She made sure i learned the words from our methodist faith. Do all the good you can for all the people you can and all the ways you can as long as ever you can. [cheers applause] so i went to work for the childrens defense fund, going doortodoor in new bedford, massachusetts on behalf of children with disabilities who were denied the chance to go to school. I remember meeting a young girl in a wheelchair on the small back porch of her house. She told me how badly she wanted to go to school. It just didnt seem possible in those days. I couldnt stop thinking of my mother and what she had gone through as a child. It became clear to me that simple caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action. So we gathered facts, we built a coalition and our work helped convince congress to ensure access to education for all students with disabilities. Its a big idea, isnt it . Every kid with a disability has the right to go to school. But how . How do you make an idea like that real . You do it step by step, year by year, sometimes even door by door. My heart just swells when i saw anastasia simosa representing millions of young people on this stage. Because we changed our law to make sure she got an education. So its true. I sweat the details of policy whether were talking about the exact level of lead and the Drinking Water in flint, michigan, the number of Mental Health facilities in iowa or the cost of your prescription drugs. Because its not just a detail if its your kid. If its your family. Its a big deal. It should be a big deal to your president , too. After the four days of this convention, youve seen some of the people who have inspired me. People that let me into their lives and became a part of mine. People like ryan moore and laura manning. They told their stories tuesday night. I first met ryan as a 7yearold. He was wearing a full body brace that must have weighed 40 pounds because i leaned over to left him up. Children like ryan kept me going when our plan for universal healthcare failed and kept me working with leaders of both parties to help create the Childrens HealthInsurance Program that covers eight million kids in our country. Lauren manning that stood here with such grace and power was gravely injured on 911. It was the thought of her and debbie st. John who you saw in the movie and john doeland and all the victims that kept me working on behalf of 911 families and First Responders that got sick at their time of ground zero. I was thinking of lauren, debbie and all the others ten years later in the white house situation room when president obama made the courageous decision that finally brought Osama Bin Laden to justice. [cheers applause] in this campaign, ive met many more people that motivate me to keep fighting for change and with your help, i will carry all of your voices and stories with me to the white house. And you heard from republicans and independents who are supporting our campaign, well, i will be a president for democrats, republicans, independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for those that vote for me and for those that dont. For all americans together. [cheers applause] tonight we have reached a milestone in our nations march to a more perfect union. The first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president. [cheers applause] standing here, standing here as my mothers daughter and my daughters mother, im so happy this day has come. Im happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between. Im happy for boys and men because when any barrier falls in america, it clears the way for everyone. [cheers applause] after all, when there are no ceilings, the sky is the limit. [cheers applause] so lets keep going. Lets keep going until every one of the 161 million women and girls across america has the opportunity she deserves to have. [cheers applause] but even more important than the history we make tonight is the history we will write together in the years ahead. Lets begin with what were going to do to help working people in our country get ahead and stay ahead. Now, i dont think president obama and Vice President biden get the credit they deserve for saving us from the worst economic crisis of our lifetime. [cheers applause] our economy is so much stronger than when they took off. Nearly 15 million new private second or the jobs, 20 million more americans with health insurance. And an Auto Industry that just had its best year ever. [applause] now thats real progress, but none of us can be satisfied with the status quo. Not by a long shot. Were still facing deepseeded problems that developed long before the recession and stayed with us through the recovery. Ive gone around the country talking to working families, and ive heard from many that feel like the economy sure isnt working for them. Some of you are frustrated. Even furious. You know what . Youre right. Its not yet working the way it should. Americans are willing to work and work hard. But right now an awful lot of people feel there is less and less respect for the work they do. Less respect for them period. Democrats, we are the party of working people. But we havent done a good enough job showing we get what youre going through and were going to do something to help. So tonight i want to tell you how we will empower americans to live better lives. My primary mission as president will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages right here in the united states. From my first day in office to my last,