[cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [chanting] [cheers and applause] vp gore: thank you. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. i speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting and the people of tennessee then those who braved the first wa and new hampshire, and all of you here from all over this country who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. while i can t thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. and i know you won t mind if i single out someone who has just spoken so eloquently, someone i ve loved with my whole heart since the night of my high school senior prom, my wife tipper. [applause] we ve been lucky enough to find each other all over again at each new stage of our lives, and we just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. [applause] i want to acknowledge with great pride, our