This one historic moment. In front of america. From abc news, this is the Democratic National convention, live from philadelphia. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good evening. Welcome to the fourth and final night of the democratic convention. It was a rough start to the week for the democrats. Those hacked emails rubbed salt in the wounds of Bernie Sanders supporters. Then came Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, bill high powered speeches that lit up this hall, set the stage for Hillary Clinton tonight. The biggest speech of her life, the bar is high. Shes in a dead heat right now with donald trump, and after 25 years on the national scene, clinton speaking to a country where more than half the voters say they simply dont trust her. In just a moment, she will be introduced by her daughter, chelsea, just 12 years old when she came to the white house with her parents. Famously held them together during the worst crisis of their now, a 36yearold mother of two, here to introduce her mom. The first woman nominee for president of the united states. And cecilia vega, we were told she was working on the speech yesterday while breastfeeding. Shes a working mom, george. You know, shes given other Convention Speeches in the past, to introduce her mother, but never one like Chelsea Clinton is about to give tonight. We know that she was working on the speech for a long time. She was heavily involved in it. Chelsea clinton is has been described as the third person this family business. You know, shes taken on a really big role in this campaign. Shes had more than 100 Campaign Stops for her mother so far, this one, the biggest one tonight, george. And here she comes, Chelsea Clinton. Crowd loving it. Her little boy, aiden, born just a month ago. And theres proud dad. 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 mark and i cant quite believe it, but our daughter, charlotte, is nearly 2 years old. She loves elmo. She loves blueberries. And above all, she loves stage for a debate or a speech and it just doesnt matter. Shell drop everything for a few minutes of blowing kisses and reading Chuga Chuga Choo Choo with our daughter. Our son, aiden, is 5 1 2 weeks old, and and we are so thankful that hes hhy thriving and, well, were a little biased, but we think hes just about the cutest baby in the world. A view im pretty sure my mom shares. And every day that i spend as charlotte and aidens mother, i think about my own mother. My wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother. 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. Every soccer game, every recital, every dance recital, sundays spent together at church and the local library, count lessacountless saturdays, making up stories about what we would ever do if 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 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 hoped to bring home to help the kids of arkansas. I treasured each and every one of those notes. They were another reminder that 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, 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. I never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas. And i always, always knew how that feeling of being valued and loved, thats what my mom wants for every child. 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 neighborhood to play in. And 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 thats the responsibility that comes with being smiled on by fate. 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. And as her daughter, ive had a special window into how she ive seen her holding the hands of mothers worried about how theyll feed their kids, worried about how theyll get them the health care they need. Ive seen 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 knows that for that mother, for that family, there isnt. And ive always seen her at the low points, like the summer of 1994. Several people this week have talked about her fight for universal health care. I it was bruising. It was exhausting. She fought her heart out. And as all of you know, she lost. For me, then 14 years old, it was it was pretty tough to watch. But my mom she was amazing. She took a little time to dad, as all of you 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. People ask me all the time does she do it . How does she keep going amid the sound and the fury of politics . Heres how. Its because she never, ever forgets who shes fighting for. For our 9 11 First Responders to get the health care they deserve. For women 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 conscience and they never, ever let go. Thats thats who my mom is. Shes a listener and a doer. Shes a woman driven by compassion, by faith, by a fierce sense of justice and a heart full of love. So, this november, im voting 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 who will protect our planet from Climate Change and our communities from gun violence. Who will reform our criminal Justice System and who knows that womens rights are human rights. 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 i i hope that my children will someday be as proud of me as i am of my mom. I am so grateful to be her daughter. Im so grateful that she is charlotte and aidens grandmother. She makes me proud every single day. And mom, grandma would be so, so proud of you tonight. To everyone watching here and at home, i know with all my heart that my mother will make us this is the story of my mother, Hillary Clinton. Here is a woman as that video begins, an emotional finish there for Chelsea Clinton, proud father. And there was a proud mom watching backstage. Hillary clinton sending out a tweet right away, saying, so proud, as she watched her daughter. And cokie roberts, what an interesting choice for the begin ofg that speech, introducing h well, its a term thats not political, is it . It is something that everybody recognizes, and can see, as someone who is loving and wise, those are thoughts that you have about grandma. But its been interesting, because in focus groups, people have not thought she was an authentic grandma. So, by having chelsea give specifics and well, thats exactly right. The detail, the detail in that speech, martha raddatz, talking about the movies she watched her mom facetiming her daughter, and the visit to Dinosaur National park. The story she read her, the dinner table conversation, all that rich detail, just the kind of detail we got the other night, and, of course, theres the reason for that. She wants the voters to know who she is. Voters need to know, is she like us . And theres nothing more relatable than being a mother o. We have some other Hillary Clinton and barack obama, backstage. There they are. And bill clinton, as well. After the speech, enjoying their moments. And matthew dowd, it was so interesting to watch bill clinton watch his daughter, any father of a daughter knows that kind of emotion he was feeling focused so intently on every word. Yeah, i was watching that and you could tell that he was having a hard time in her speech, keeping his emotions together in the course of that. A total unique position, president. One big speech, the biggest speech of this convention coming up. Lets take a look at Hillary Clinton preparing for that speech. She was working with her policy director Jake Sullivan just moments ago. And this crowd, dark, there it is, working the final tweaks in the final moments. And were going to be back with that big speech in just a minute. Here is a woman, making her first marks on the world. She promising an achiever, and yet 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, this is the summer. The summer of this. The summer that summers from here on will be compared to. Where memories will be forged into the sand and then hung on a wall for years to come. Get out there. Find hotels at up to 50 off laura v. O. mom taught us that families comes first. Laura hey, mon. Lauras mom hi. Laura v. O. so when she needs a little help. I am happy to give it. Medicare is a big help too. So when i heard that kelly ayotte voted to turn medicare i couldnt believe it. Then i saw she tried to raise the retirement age. All while giving tax breaks to millionaires and big oil. Kelly ayotte would rather take care of special interests than New Hampshire families. Narrator afscme people is responsible welcome back to philadelp here again is george stephanopoulos. Just minutes away now from Hillary Clintons speech. Crowd now watching a video, produced about her life and jon karl, we say this all the time, the stakes are high. In this case, its not an overstatement. You dont get to that stage without giving a lot of big speeches. By definition, this is the biggest speech of her career. But it also needs to be the best. You know, i ran into Michael Dukakis this morning remembers his speech then as the best speech of his life. That is the goal here. That is the goal. And david muir, what a big job she has to do. I talked about this at the top of the program. 60 of the country dont trust her. Shes got to bring that number down. A massive trust deficit, she talks to a welcoming room here, but shes really talking to the millions across this country many of whom made up their minds about Hillary Clinton long ago. Almost a year ago, george, she sat across from m email server. The first time she said that. She would later learn that would be far from enough to take care of the issue. I was struck by something she wrote in her own memoir. She said, in our political sure, saying you made a mistake is often taken as a weakness, when it can be a sign of strength and growth and im curious if well hear that word tonight. Its a good point you bring up. Let me bring this to you, ways and some times because she hasnt trusted people. Big part of the problem is lack of transparency, and some attachment to bill clinton. I think shes in a very difficult political environment. I think they recognize that. Majority of the country thinks were on the wrong track and a majority of the country doesnt want the status quo. She has a difficult thing, which is a balance between optimism and a desire for hope thats in the country, and dissatisfaction and a desire for change. She has to find that balance. Martha, you spent a lot of time driving across the country in the last couple of weeks, as bill clinton is watching the monitor, this film right there. What are the voters telling you they wanted to hear from her . Well, i think they wanted to hear something relatable about Hillary Clinton. They want to hear something that she hasnt said before or e moted about before. They want to see the real woman. And ill tell you, george, i covered her as secretary of state, and during that period, Hillary Clinton was accessible. Started, she was back in that bubble. And i think if she can get out of that bubble again and be herself, theyll hear something more about her. The most popular she ever was, she was out of the political fray then. Cecilia vega, the clinton team has had to reintroduce Hillary Clinton so many times and they put a lot of work into this speech. Certainly has. People who know Hillary Clinton, from Michelle Obama to barack obama to people that grew up wi picture of a Hillary Clinton that america, they say, doesnt yet know. We know that shes been working on this speech for weeks. She was holed up in a hotel room here in philadelphia, working on it all day today. Heres what we do know. Shes got to hit donald trump in this speech, of course shes going to talk national security. But this is a tough act to follow. Shes coming after president obamas big speech last night, and george, as anybody whos watched the white house Correspondents Dinner knows, thats a tough act to follow. Sure is. Hillarys crowd for the most part, but not entirely. Take a look at this, george. Im in the colorado delegation. Strong Bernie Sanders territory. You see this line of bright yellow tshirts here, they glow in the dark, they say enough is enough, a quote from Bernie Sanders with the dove of peace on it. And you see them throughout the hall. A lot of sanders delegates making a statement. And mark here from denver is one of them. Why enough is enough, what are you doing here . You know, we really want to make sure that people know that the to tell isnt really a true story, you know, its definitely constructed for people to see on tv. We want to make sure that people see that its not. For me, enough is enough deals with the fact that as a person with a disability, im not able to participate in so much of society that i want to but every one of us has a different story, and thats part of what makes us a cohesive group. We hear talk there may be a walkout or demo, turning their backs when Hillary Clinton comes you know, i guess well have to see what happens. But were pretty not happy and we dont really feel respected by Hillary Clinton and we certainly dont think that shes made genuine, sincere efforts to win us over. She has to earn our vote. All right. Thank you, mark. As you can see, and there are many, many people in this hall, 40 of the delegates and more, Bernie Sanders delegates. Many people wng vocal demonstration. And we will see what they do. We cant step away from this moment, a moment of history. True history. I mean, its been hundreds of years in the making, of women trying to first get the vote, working from decades and decades for that. And then, to get to this point of trying to be at the top politically. And it has been a very, very tough battle that a lot of very this is something that we need to recognize. And now, we will see Chelsea Clinton one more time to introduce her mom. Ladies and gentlemen, my mother, my hero, and our next president , Hillary Clinton. Hug for Hillary Clinton from her daughter, and a sea of flags on this convention floor. Red, white and blue on the stage. One last private moment and Hillary Clinton going to savor this moment. No podium yet, i noticed that, as well. Could be signaling more conversational. Weve never seen this before. Weve never seen this before. And this is this is definite her party, but also for women, and thats something women are very aware of in this hall tonight. Lots of signs about it, lots of women talking about it. Well, there is a podium now. Magically appeared. Theres been some showbiz flare to this convention, and it was donald trump who promised a showbiz convention. Looking up towards her family. Its very hard not to cry in this situation. Having your daughter make that speech, thinking of her mother who was so important in her life. Its very hard to stay selfpossessed. Thank you. You see all kinds of emotion on her fashion in these last few minutes. Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you. 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 thank you for bringing mark into our family and charlotte and aiden into the world. And bill, that conversation we started in the law library 45 years ago, it strong. You know, that conversation has lasted through good times that filled us with joy and hard times that tested us. And ive even gotten a few words in along the way. To see that my explainer in chief 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 who joined this campaign this week. Thank you. What a remarkable week its been. We heard the man from hope, bill clinton, and the man of hope, barack obama. America is stronger because of president obamas leadership and we heard from our terrific Vice President , the one and only joe biden. He spoke from his big heart about our partys commitment to working people, as only he can do. And first lady Michelle Obama reminded us are watching. And the president we elect is going to be their president , too. And for those of you out there who are just getting to know tim kaine, you will soon understand and mayor to governor and now senator. And he will make our whole country proud as our Vice President. And i want to thank Bernie Sanders. Bernie, your campaign inspired millions of americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls 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. Our country needs your ideas, energy and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for america. We wrote it together, now lets my friends, weve come to philadelphia, the birthplace of our nation, because what happened in this city 240 years ago still has something to each us today. We all know the story, but we usually focus on how it turned out, 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 and somehow, they began listening to each other. Compromising, finding common purpose. And 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 t enduring truth that we are stronger together. Now, america is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. And 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. Our countrys motto many, we are one. Will we stay true to that motto . Well, we heard Donald Trumps answer 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. 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 Dell know roosevelt came up with the perfect rebuke to trump. The is fear itself. 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. Instead, we will build an economy where everyone who wants a good job can get one. And well build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy. We will we will work with all americans and our allies to fight and defeat terrorism. 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 paralysis in washington. Too many threats at home and abroad. But just look for a minute at the strengths we bring as americans to 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. Military, the most innovative entrepreneurs, the most enduring values. Freedom and equality, justice and opportunity, we should be so proud that those words are 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 we dont have what it takes. We do. 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. Isnt he forgetting troops on the front lines . Police officers and firefighters who run toward danger . Doctors and nurses who care for us . Teachers who change lives . Entree neu entrepreneurs who see possibilities in every problem . Mothers who lost children to 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 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 chief david brown asked the community to support his force, maybe even join them. And you know how the Community Responded . Nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days. Thats how americans answer when 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 every one of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambition, 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 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 where love trumps hate. Thats the country were were working toward. And so, my friends, it is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in americas promise that i accept your nomination for president of 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 york, then i represented all of you as secretary of state. But my job titles only tell you what ive done. They dont tell you why. The truth is, through all these years of public service, the service part has always come i get it. That 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 the 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 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 silkscreens. He wanted to give my brothers and me opportunities he never had, and he did. My mother, abandoned by her parents as a young girl. She ended up on her own at 14 working at 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 lessons she passed onto me we have to look out for each other and lift each other up. And she made sure i learned the words from our methodist faith. Do all the good you can, for all the people you ccan in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can. So, i went to work for the door to door in new bedford, massachuset 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. My mother, and what shed gone through as a child. It became clear to me that simply caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action. We gathered facts, and our work ensured its a big idea, isnt it . Every kid with a disability has the right to go to school. But how do you make an idea like that real . You do it step by step. Year by year, sometimes even door by door. Anastasia 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 in the Drinking Water in flint, michigan, the numbe 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. And it should be a big deal to after the four days of this convention, youve seen some of the people who have inspired me. People who let me into their lives and became apart of mine. People like ryan moore and lauren 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 t children like ryan kept me going when our plan for universal health care failed and kept me working with leaders of both parties to help create the Childrens HealthInsurance Program that covers 8 million kids in our country. Lauren manning, who stood here with such grace and power, was gravely injured on 9 11. Debbie st. John, who you saw in the movie, and john dolan and joe sweeney and all the victims and survivors that kept me working as hard as i could in the senate on behalf of 9 11 families and our First Responders who got sick from their time at ground zero. I was thinking of lauren, debbie and all the others, ten years later in the white house situation room when president decision that finally brought Osama Bin Laden to justice. And in this campaign, ive met many more people who motivate me to keep fighting for change, and with your help, i will carry all of your voices and stories with 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 all those who vote for me and for those who dont. For all americans together. Tonight weve reached a milestone in our nations march toward a more perfect union. The first time that a major party has nominated a woman for standing here as my mothers daughter and my daughters mother, im so happy this day has come, im happy for grandmothers and little and everyone in between. Im happy for boys and men, because when any barrier falls in america, it clears the way for everyone. After all, when there are no 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. But even more important than 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 lifeti our economy is so much stronger than when they took office, nearly 15 million new private sector jobs, 20 million more americans with Health Insurance and an Auto Industry that just had its best year ever. Now, thats real progress, but none of us can be satisfied with the problems that developed long before the recession and have stayed with us through the recovery. Ive gone around the country talking to working families and ive heard from many who feel like the economy sure isnt working for them. Some of you are frustrated, even furious. And, you know what . Youre right. Its not yet working the way it and work hard. But right now, an awful lot of people feel there is less and less respect for the work they do. And less respect for them, period. Democrats, we are the party of working people. But we havent done a good enough job showing we get wha 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