And final night, Hillary Clinton will take to the stage accept the nomination, it is historic from the Democratic Party for president of the United States. In about an hour, Hillary Clinton will be there accepts the nomination. She will tell voters what america is facing a moment of reckoning. Weve heard over and over again. That donald trump is going to take us in a direction that we dont want to go in. You can expect to hear more of that tonight, donald trump is on stage right now in cedar rapids, iowa. Lou is with me, this how they set up the campaign. Perhaps they have to, given she is not a natural politician. But it very much a case, if you are to vote for him, you are sending america and your future and your childrens future basically straight to h hedouble l. Michael bloomberg, former mayor of new york city with a personal attack of such viciousness. We have not seen the like throughout this campaign. By any common spokesperson, he lashed out. Trish simultaneously failing to de
Has led to this one night. 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, barack obama. 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 marria
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
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. Hes up, shaking hands, ever the politician. S
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