[ cheers and applause ] please welcome former secretary of state hillary clinton. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic Candidates for president of the United States [ cheers and applause ] before we begin tonight, we want to take a moment to remember former first lady nancy reagan. As you probably know she passed away this morning at the age of 94. Her grace and elegance in the white house, her deep love for president reagan, and her strength and advocacy in the fight against alzheimers and drug abuse will always be remembered. We would like to pause for a moment of silence in honor of mrs. Reagan. And now will you please rise for the National Anthem performed by the flint citywide choir conducted by darnell ishmael. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare t