Tears streaming down everyones face. Everyone is very emotional already and i do think they are very much looking forward to Everyone Else who will Come On this date. I actually , walked over here to the Illinois Delegation because after jamie reported the news that oprah would be speaking, i wanted to get reaction for people from the hometown crowd. I bumped into the Speaker Of The House. Oprah is coming. We are excited for over. She is a Hometown Girl and we know she will bring it. What more could you ask for if you are from illinois . You already have the convention. You had both obamas and you know jamie is up there and now, you have oprah . In illinois we do things really big. We dream big and execute even bigger. Having this convention on the backdrop of what is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and transposing that with what Republican Party is saying about places like chicago , and you think about the vision we have here and we have been able to work together. We wa
StartIng off what Is goIng to be a very hIgh Wattage Stack of speech or, speakers. Here Is presIdent clInton. Thank you. Thank you. Let me ask you somethIng. After the last two nIghts, arent you proud to be a democrat . And I am very grateful to the republIcans and Independents that have joIned us In been here on the stage and I hope they feel better about It now. Because Ive seen all these thIngs that even I have to be remInded of from tIme to tIme when I get my spIrIts down. I love seeIng the obamas here. I love seeIng presently. PresIdent bIden. And I thought hIllary gave a great speech tonIght. I love seeIng all these young waIters. A bunch of them are comIng up after me. They look better, they sound better and they wIll be excItIng. I do want to say one word about PresIdent BIden. Remember, he had an Improbable turn that made hIm presIdent. And, we were In the mIddle of a pandemIc and an economIc crash. He healed our sIck and put the rest of us back to work. And strengthened our a
America America Performance at the democratic national Convention Night three from Maren Morris, singersongwriter. Knight three is underway. Bartender, another round. Welcome to our special coverage of the Democratic National Convention in chicago. We at msnbc know you can watch these proceedings anywhere. It makes us grateful and so happy youre watching with us. I am Rachel Maddow at Msnbc Headquarters in New York with all of the people you most want with you on a night like this. In chicago, right in the throbbing heart of the action itself are our beloved Colleagues Joy Reid and Alex Wagner who are having so much fun, it almost makes you mad, almost, but we cant sustain any anger. Night three of a political convention traditionally belongs to the Vice President ial nominee. Tonight minnesota governor Tim Walz will officially accept the nomination to be Kamala Harriss running mate. In contrast to the republican side this year where ohio senator j. D. Vance has proven in the polls to
Of the Democratic National Convention, it is tim Walzs Night and it has been a remarkable series, of very big names giving very different speeches, very notably, Oprah Winfrey giving a heartfelt, perfectly videlivered speech, a real show of force from republicans for harris including Olivia Troy and the former Lieutenant Governor of georgia, makes him sound like he was a republican Ouin Office long time ago, cahe was Lieutenant Governor as a republican until last year and some very affecting an emotional material put forth in Video Form and on the stage about January 6th investigation and congress, a Capital Police Sergeant that retired after being grievously injured and video that included footage i believe had never been seen before on what exactly transpired on that day ending with the stark words, if Donald Trump is reelected, he will never be held accountable for what he did that day. Its been a remarkable night. R alex was just putting this out about Disunity Or Commonality of ou
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 here in new york. And in the words of Vice President ial nominee Coach Walz, its the fourth quarter and were driving down the field because in just over twov hours, right there in chicago, the final night of the Democratic National Convention kicks off with another Power House Line up. Michigan governor whitmer, roy cooper, Mark Kelly and his wife former Congresswoman Gabrielle giffords, senator elizabeth warren, who will be joining us later this hour, former republican congressman and January 6th select Committee Member Adam kinzinger, performances by pink and the chicks. And the main event, Vice President Kamala Harris, who will formally accept the Partys Nomination for president later tonight. It comes on the heels of last Nights Reminder of the Democratic Partys deep and gifted political bench. Secretary pete buttigieg, governor josh schapiro, Governor Moore all gave speeches on how to celebrate the political phenomenon that is Kamala Harris and Tim Walz the