and, from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you again, tomorrow. ou again, tomorrow president biden has now officially released his first campaign ad of 2024. and in that ad, president biden makes clear what he believes will be the central issue of this election. i ve made the preservation of the american democracy at the center of my presidency. i believe in free and fair elections. and the right to vote fairly and have your vote counted. there is something dangerous happening in america. there is an extremist movement that doesn t share the basic beliefs of our democracy. all of us are being asked right now what we will do to maintain our democracy. we are the united states of america. there is nothing beyond our capacity. but we act together. i am joe biden, and i approve this message. that is joe biden s campaign message this year. that donald trump and the movement that he has encouraged are a threat
university but because, as she noted that day, arriving at that particular point in history was a journey. in a speech called courage to be harvard, she reminded her audience, quote, not 400 yards from where i stand, some four centuries ago, for enslaved ople lived and worked in wadsworth house is the personal property of the president of harvard university. my story is not their story. i am a daughter of haitian immigrants to this country, and the stories of the many trail blazers between us are linked by this institutions long history of exclusion in the long journey of resistance and resilience to overcome it. and because of the collective courage of all those who walk that impossible distance, across centuries, and dared to create a different future, i stand before you. end quote. courage was her message that day. it would take courage from harvard s community, they resolve against all odds, as gay put it, to press on for change. that was three months ago. and in the months since,