[applause] hello everyone. Privilege tor and introduce our next Vice President ial candidate senator kamala harris. [applause] senator harris grew up believing in the promise of america and fights every day to ensure that promise is available to all americans. She started fighting for working families in the district attorneys office. From there, she became the first black woman elected as san franciscos district attorney. In 2010, she made history again by becoming the first black woman to be elected attorney general of california. serseeing the country secondlargest Justice Department where she continues to fight for families, the lgbtq , students and our environment. Ince joining the senate 2016, senator harris has continued her fight for all americans. As a member of three powerful intelligence commit judiciary and homeland security, senator harris graduated from Howard University where she was in the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and learn her law degree from Uc Hastings College of law. She continues to fight for all of us, and make history as the first black woman to be on a president ial ticket. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to senator kamala harris. [applause] harris can we hear it for allison . [applause] i love our young leaders. Allison is a junior. Studying Interdisciplinary Studies and we were talking about it is a challenging time for everyone. Our daughter is a senior in college. Sucks. My expression, it [laughter] allison, you are amazing and i am happy to share the stage with you. Lets hear it. [applause] yay. Asheville, how is everybody . [applause] it is so good to be with you guys. Mayor, i want to thank you. We were supposed to be here last week. It is so important we came. We recreated the schedule to be with you. I want to thank the mayor in front of everybody for the work you have been doing. Not just a leader here in asheville, but North Carolina and the support you have given to joe biden and myself. [applause] the chancellor who is here and who gave me such a wonderful and warm welcome. Thank you for all that you do in nurturing and growing the minds of our incredible future and current leaders. [applause] to the members of the North Carolina general assembly, i want to thank you all for your leadership. Easternthe chief of the cherokee indians. I want to thank him. To thank county commissioners and city councils, sheriff Quinton Miller and all of you. Thank you. [applause] so much to talk about. I am going to move this so i can see you guys. 13 days to go. 13 days to go. Minute,t spare a sisters and brothers. We cannot spare a minute in terms of everything that i know everyone here, and around our country is prepared to do. As joe biden says, fight for the soul of our nation. That is really what is going on. It is about fighting for the soul of our nation. It is about knowing we deserve more and we are better than this. Happenedso much that even before covid struck. In many ways, i thought of this pandemic of being an accelerator. It has highlighted what was wrong before and has made it worse. It in thek about context of what has been going on in terms of Public Health, especially during this virus. We cant overlook the fact that on january 28, donald trump and mike pence were informed of the nature of covid19. They were informed. Five times more likely to kill people than the flu. They were informed it could harm children. Informed it is airborne. Can you imagine what the families of asheville, the families of North Carolina could have done without information on that date . To prepare . B it to stock up on toilet paper, or to plan because we know that the vast majority of americans do not have more than 1000 in savings . Tot folks might have done prepare knowing that it is predictable they may not be able to go to work for a while. Sadly, we still have so many workers who do not have sick leave and paid family leave. He did not tell us. They sat on that information. They covered it up. Instead, the president of the United States stuck whose first responsibility should be to keep the American People safe sat on this information and suggested to the American People you are on one side of his ledger if you dont wear a mask, and on the other side if you do. Now we are looking at a 220,000n where over americans have lost their lives in the last several months. Families, andave they could not see them, hold their hands, touch them in their last days on this earth. 8 have a situation where over Million People have contracted this virus. Having untold longterm health consequences, including what doctors are telling us his lung scarring and things of that nature. In the midst of this Public Health crisis, youve got donald trump and bill barr it is stranger than fiction. Have you heard that expression . We are living it. We are living it, sister. What are we seeing right now in the midst of a Public Health pandemic . Donald trump and bill barr are in the Supreme Court trying to get rid of the Affordable Care andthat president obama Vice President biden made happen. That brought health care to over 20 million americans. Successful, it is estimated at least 23 million americans will lose their coverage. Thing ais weird couple but the thing about donald trump, he has got this weird obsession with wanting to get rid of whatever president obama and Vice President biden created. It is this weird obsession, right . He is successful in getting rid of the Affordable Care act, remember, it laid in place protections for people with preexisting conditions. Anybody who has diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, breast cancer, now we are talking about 8 Million People who have a preexisting condition called covid and they are trying to get rid of it. Enough thats reason he is incapable of being a president who will protect the wellbeing and health of the American People. That is why he has got to go. [applause] situation,ing at a this pandemic has been an accelerator. Over 30 million americans had to apply for unemployment insurance. Did not have paid sick leave, did not have paid family leave. They are trying to push through a Supreme Court nominee in, what i call, an illegitimate process by the way, we are not talking about election season, we are not talking about election year, we are talking about an election that is taking place right now where over 20 million americans have voted and the election will be over in 13 days, and the majority of the American People are saying let the American People decide who will be there president. And that is the person who should decide who will fill a lifetime appointment to the highest court in our land. [applause] yet, they are trying to push through this nomination. I served on the Judiciary Committee. I will say publicly, i will oppose her confirmation. For a number of reasons. It includes the illegitimacy of the process, the right of women to make decisions about their own bodies and their own health care. Tot includes the need maintain the Affordable Care act. They are pushing this thing through. Bill sitting on the desk that has been sitting there for 150 days called the heroes act that would bring relief to all of these people who are suffering. For hours. Es the one in five mothers in america who is describing her children under the age of 12 as being hungry, who need an expansion of what we are fighting for. Snap benefits. We used to call it food stamps. It is what people need when they are hungry. [applause] they are pushing through this nomination instead of Senate Republicans saying a vote on that bill. Including one senator from this state. [booing] you know who i am talking about. This is what we are seeing and this is why we need joe biden to be elected president. ,n one hand you have joe biden who was one of the creators and reasons we have the Affordable Care act who will make a commitment has made a commitment to you, North Carolina and the public, that he will expand coverage. She will expand health. Bring down the cost of premiums. Bring down the cost of prescription drugs. Will expand he health care, understanding for too long we are pretending health care is about a body that starts from the neck down, the body starts from the neck up, that is metal health care. On the other hand, donald trump is suing to get rid of it. Says, weoe biden who measure the success of the based on the health and wellbeing of working families in america. You haveher hand, donald trump who passed a tax bill benefiting the top 1 in the biggest corporations in america, which will lead to a 2 trillion deficit. Joe biden says i am not going to raise taxes on anyone who makes less than 400,000 a year. He says im going to make sure first home buyers get a tax credit to help them with down payments and closing costs, knowing homeownership is one of the greatest ways to create wealth and american families. Have joee hand, you biden who says we have got to deal with supporting the Public Schools of america and we will triple title i funding for those schools that are in the highest need communities with the lowest tax base because the children of those communities have a godgiven capacity to be nurtured and thrive, but we need to give them the resources. On the other hand, donald trump who put betsy devos in office. Have donaldyou trump, who has been rejecting science from day one. On thisg science Climate Crisis which is threatening our existence. Rejecting science on this virus. On the other hand you have joe biden who embraces science who will be a leader who says that the Public Health experts must guide the policy decisions we make on all of these issues that literally threaten the health and wellbeing of the American People. [applause] there are very clear choices here. Believeom line is i do the outcome of this race will, in many ways, be decided by you. North carolina. It will be. [applause] in that way, the choices and decisions you are making will impact people around the country. In that way, what you are doing to vote, and vote early, is going to impact people you may never meet and people who may never know your name, but whose lives will forever be changed because of what you are doing. 13m here in North Carolina days before this election to thank you for what you all have already done and what you are committed to do. Of who willefore us be the next president of the United States has everything to do with fixing the problems, but it also has to do with restoring , in our country, what we know to be our highest ideals. Together,nging folks rejecting these notions of fear, hate and division. We have hade know the capacity and have the capacity to do to regain our standing in a way we can feel good about the future of our children and our nation. All of this is at stake right now. Proudd i are particularly of the fact that ours is a campaign that has probably built one of the broadest coalitions of any campaign in recent history. We have got the support of democrats, republicans, independents, people from all walks of life and all races. [applause] why . Because we know that to strengthen our nation, to take back the soul of our country, it is about all of us and all of us being a part of where we go and where we need to go. I want to thank you, asheville for all that you are doing. 13 days to go. We dont want to look back and have any regrets. My last point is this, this moment will pass. Years from now, our children, grandchildren and others are going to look at us, they are going to look in our eyes and ask us, where were you at that moment . Here is the thing, what we will be able to tell them is more than just how we felt. We will tell them what we did. [applause] we will tell them we were hanging out in this parking lot the mayor andith all of these incredible friends and neighbors and we will tell them how we organized, we made sure that people know what is had steak, how we reminded people we are all in this together, and we will tell them about what we did to fight for the soul of our nation. Thank you all. [applause] announcer tonight, cspan will have live coverage of two events. Obama campaigning in philadelphia on behalf of joe biden. Watch live at 5 45 p. M. At 7 00, cspan is live in North Carolina where President Trump is hosting a campaign rally. Watch Live Campaign coverage on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen with the cspan free radio app. Senate Judiciary Committee votes thursday on the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the u. S. Supreme court, filling the seat held by ruth bader ginsburg. At 9 00ittee gavels and a. M. , the vote is set for 1 00 p. M. Watch on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or listen on the cspan radio app. Indiana candidate for governor, including Current Governor eric holcomb and donald rainwater took part in a televised debate. The Indiana Debate Commission hosted the event. Hello and welcome to the first of two debates of the independent nonpartisan debate commission. We are coming to you live from w