Falling into the wrong hands, so that what happened in orlando can never happen again. [applause] sec. Clinton now, some of you know chad griffin, and others know this issue really is important to me. I have traveled to 112 countries as your secretary of state. I saw how countries around the world treated lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people. And i believe with all my heart, america has to lead by example. I want lgbt people in every corner of our country, because dont forget you have moved far away from a lot of the places where people are still scared to death. Right . [applause] sec. Clinton and we are going to elevate this issue. We are going to talk about it. We are going to reach out. So when you vote in this election it is not just my name on the ballot, it is your future. It is who we are as a country. It is every issue we care about. And make no mistake, lgbt rights are at stake. Dignity and respect for every american is at stake. The future of our economy is at stak
Falling into the wrong hands, so that what happened in orlando can never happen again. [applause] sec. Clinton now, some of you know chad griffin, and others know this issue really is important to me. I have traveled to 112 countries as your secretary of state. I saw how countries around the world treated lesbians, gay, bisexual and transgender people. And i believe with all my heart, america has to lead by example. I want lgbt people in every corner of our country, because dont forget you have moved far away from a lot of the places where people are still scared to death. Right . [applause] sec. Clinton and we are going to elevate this issue. We are going to talk about it. We are going to reach out. So when you vote in this election it is not just my name on the ballot, it is your future. It is who we are as a country. It is every issue we care about. And make no mistake, lgbt rights are at stake. Dignity and respect for every american is at stake. The future of our economy is at stak
Madam chair and fellow delegates, we ask that the 2016 Democratic National convention approve a resolution conveying profound appreciation to all the individuals and organizations that have helped to make the 47th quadrennial convention a success. [cheers and applause] our resolution thanks the city of philadelphia, its mayor, former mayor, along with his residents, acknowledges the support of pennsylvania s governor [cheers and applause] our gratitude to all the Law Enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders. [cheers and applause] we thank you for your 2016ce, recognize the philadelphia Host Committee, and applaud the tireless work of the thousands of convention volunteers. The convention approve this honorary resolution. [applause] delegates, you have heard the motion to approve the honorary resolution. Thanking those individuals and organizations that have helped to make our convention such a success. Is there a second . All in favor of the honorary resolution, please
I am asking you to joining me out of love of country. Hillary clinton takes the stage and accepts the nomination, the final day of the Democratic Convention. Gwen ifill good evening and welcome to our special pbs news hour npr coverage of this final night of the Democratic Convention in philadelphia, im gwen ifill. Judy woodruff and im Judy Woodruff, joining us as they have all week, Nprs Rachel Martin and here in the anchor booth syndicated columnist mark shields, New York Times columnist, david brooks. Gwen ifill and also with us tamara keith along with amy walter of the cook political report, politics monday again, and down on the floor we have john yang and susan davis. Judy woodruff Hillary Clinton will take to the National Stage tonight and offer americans her vision of the future. She is exported to be introduced by her daughter chelsea. We will get to all of that right after this short break. Funding for this program has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping y
Havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of eight of the last caucuses and primaries. [cheers] almost all ofn them with overwhelming landslide numbers. Amy senator ted cruz celebrated his victory during a rally in milwaukee wisconsin. Asa result of tonight a result of the people of wisc