Who pushedne leader to open the first Eagle Academy in the bronx and she made a promise to return four years later to offer the keynote address to our first graduating class. And that is a promise that she kept. You see, im with Hillary Clinton because she has been with us. [applause] men who areve young confident, future leaders who are resilient. Just look at them, america. [applause] they are brilliant. [applause] and full of promise. And we start every day with the poem, the same poem that strengthen the resolve of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela when he recited it each day so young men of the Eagle Academy. Black as the pit from pole to pole, i think with the gods may e from my soul [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. That was amazing and im very proud parent of two amazing boys as you just heard, she is winning fight for kids all upr the country, opening opportunities they cannot even imagine. Far from the spotlight and over her entire career, when Hil
Out of foster care. She wanted to do it because she knew that tom delay, for all of our differences, was an adoptive parent, and she honored him for doing that. The bill they worked on, which passed in an overwhelming bipartisan majority, led to a big increase in the adoption of children out of foster care , including noninfant kids and special needs kids. It made life better because she is a change maker. Thats what she does. When you are doing all this, were alive does not stop. 1997 was the year chelsea finished high school and went to college. We were happy for her, but sad for us to see her go. I will never forget moving her into her dorm room at stanford. It would have been a great little reality flick. There i was in a trance, just staring out the window, trying not to cry, and there was hillary on her hands and knees, desperately looking for one more drawer to put that liner paper in. Finally, chelsea took charge and told us ever so gently that it was time for us to go. [laught
[cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. That was amazing and im very proud parent of two amazing boys as you just heard, she is winning fight for kids all upr the country, opening opportunities they cannot even imagine. Far from the spotlight and over her entire career, when Hillary Clinton sees a problem, she fights to fix it. Like our Justice System letting down to many americans. Hillary clinton believes that no matter where you come from, where you live, or the cover color of your skin, you deserve the full freedoms and protections of our laws. This is the fight of Hillary Clintons life, social justice. She learned to do all the good you can in all the ways you can for all the people you care. Can. That is what has guided Hillary Clintons whole life. She stood up for teenagers thrown in jail was fully grown adults, for Migrant Workers deprived of decent housing and sanitation and four children who were targets of segregation and excluded from schools. She
Democratic residential nomination, becoming the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in u. S. History. She reached the milestone after her rival senator Bernie Sanders moved to give her the partys nomination. Moments after sanders spoke hundreds of his delegagates wald , out of the convention. It was an entirely organic, grassroots, nonhierarchical effort among a group of delegas who were hearing increasingly deep concerns from constituents that their voices were not going to be heard at the convention and a feeling of moral obligation to do what we could to represent them as they would want us to. Amy we will also hear from the mothers of the movement the parents of africanamericans whosose deaths spurred the black lives matter movement. Afraidary clinton isnt to say that black lives matatte. To sit at araid table with grieving mothers and bear the full force of our english. Anguish. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, witithcynow. Org, breaking coco
Her rival senator Bernie Sanders moved to give her the partys nomination. Moments after sanders spoke hundreds of his delegagates wald , out of the convention. It was an entirely organic, grassroots, nonhierarchical effort among a group of delegates who were hearing increasingly deep concerns from constituents that their voices were not going to be heard at the convention and a feeling of moral obligation to do what we could to represent them as they would want us to. Amy we will also hear from the mothers of the movement the parents of africanamericans whosose deaths spurred the black lives matter movement. Afraidary clinton isnt to say that black lives matatte. To sit at araid table with grieving mothers and bear the full force of our english. Anguish. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, witithcynow. Org, breaking coconvention, war, peace, and presididcy. Im amy gogoodman with juauan gonzalez. Hillary clinton has become the first woman to head the ticket of a