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
Vote. My daughters and all of our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States. Reporter after a loss to president obama in 2008 clinton hit the campaign trail this cycle bringing in 2,205 pledged delegates over senator Bernie Sanders 1,846. And 12 and a half times as many super delegates as the vermont senator. Disappointed by release of party emails suggesting that the party long favored clinton s campaign over sanders two weeks ago clinton earned her former endorsement as well. Moment he said i am with her tonight, it is like a thousand pound taken off of me and i got emotionallal. So yes, i will be emotional tonight. There is a lot of emotion and a lot more to come, earlier i spoke with the delegates from louisiana who was a Bernie Sanders supporters. He says just because he will be voting for the senator tonight, doesnt necessarily mean that he will not support hillary come general election, whether others here agree we will wait unti
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 clinton, 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 marriage. His presidency. Two, here to introduc
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. Politician. She will finally get a chance to
And good evening from philadelphia. Thats katy perry thats been warming up the crowd here as we await Chelsea Clinton and then Hillary Clinton herself. A big night, night four at the Democratic National convention after days of soaring and passionate speeches from the first lady to Vice President biden, president obama. Tonight its her turn to take the podium to accept the nomination, to define her vision and turn straight into the headwinds of a sharply divided country and explain why she can lead. Our team is in place. Chuck todd, Savannah Guthrie and todd brokaw. Chuck, lets start with you, a line or two about what to expect tonight. Look, its obviously the speech of her life and she has a tough act to follow. The thing im looking for, the humility. How does she tackle the trust issue. I know shell try to tackle it tonight. She wont solve it with one speech but shell start the conversation tonight. Im curious to see how she does it. Savannah. I think she needs to really be real and