he went back to work. that's just who he is. there are times when i couldn't even imagine how he did it. how he put one foot in front of the other and kept going. but i've always understood why he did it -- for the daughter who convinces her mom to finally get a breast cancer screening and misses work to drive her to the clinic, for the community college student who has faced homelessness and survived abuse but finds the grit to finish her degree and make a good life for her kids. for the little boy whose mom is serving as a marine in iraq, who puts on a brave face in his video call and doesn't complain when the only thing he wants for his birthday is to be with her. for all those people, joe gives his personal phone number to at rope lines and events. the ones he talks to for hours after dinner, helping them smile through their loss, letting them know that they aren't alone. he does it for you. joe's purpose has always driven him forward. his strength of will is unstoppable, and his faith is unshakable. because it's not in politicians or political parties or even in himself -- it's in the providence of god. his faith is in you, in us. yes, so many classrooms are quiet right now. the playgrounds are still. but if you listen closely, you can hear the sparks of change in the air. across the country, educators, parents, first responders, americans of all walks of life are putting their shoulders back, fighting for each other. we haven't given up. we just need leadership worthy of our nation. worthy of you. honest leadership to bring us back to together, to recover from this pandemic and prepare for whatever else is next. leadership to reimagine what our nation will be. that's joe. he and kamala will work as hard as you do every day to make this nation better. and if i have the honor of serving as your first lady, i will, too. and with joe as president, these classrooms will ring out with laughter and possibility once again. the burden ws we carry are heav and we need someone with strong shoulders. i know that if we entrust this nation to joe, he will do for your family what he did for ours. bring us together and make us whole, carry us forward in our time of need, keep the promise of america for all of us. >> hey, everyone. i'm jill biden's husband. you can see why she's the love of my life, the rock of our family. she never gives herself much credit, but the truth is she's the strongest person i know. she has a backbone like a ramrod. loves furiously, cares deeply. nothing stops her when she sets her mind to getting right. for all of you across the country, just think of your favorite educator who gave you the confidence to believe in yourself. that's the kind of first lady lady, lady, lady, this jill biden will be. >> so go to joebiden.com to join our campaign. >> thank you all for watching. i'll see you soon. thank you. ♪ things will get brighter ♪ ooh, child things are going to get easier ♪ ♪ ooh child things get brighter ♪ ♪ some day, yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone ♪ ♪ some day when your head is much lighter ♪ ♪ some day, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun ♪ >> thank you so much for being a part of this night. as dr. biden just reminded us, joe is a steady and experienced leader who can bring us together and help us heal, who will support national weather servus. remember, we bend the arc of justice if we participate, if we vote. if moment isn't beyond you, it's up to you. tomorrow night we'll meet joe biden's choice for vice president, kamala harris, and learn more about their vision for the future of our country, and we'll also hear from senator elizabeth warren and president barack obama. plus, performances from billy eilish and jennifer hudson. and now with his song "never break", here's john legend. ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ we got a good thing baby whenever life is hard ♪ ♪ we'll never lose our way because we both know who we are ♪ ♪ who knows about tomorrow? ♪ we don't know what's in the stars ♪ ♪ i just know i'll always follow the light in your heart ♪ ♪ so i'm not worried about us and i've never been ♪ ♪ we know how the story ends ♪ we will never break ♪ we will never break ♪ built on a foundation strong enough the stay ♪ ♪ we will never break ♪ as the water rises and the mountains shake ♪ ♪ our love will remain ♪ we will never, no, no never ♪ we will never, no, no never ♪ we will never, no, no, never ♪ we will never, no ♪ the world is dangerous ♪ throw it all at us ♪ there's nothing we cannot take ♪ ♪ we will never break ♪ built on a foundation strong enough to stay ♪ ♪ we will never break ♪ as the water rises and the mountains shake ♪ ♪ our love will remain ♪ we will never, no, no never ♪ ♪ we will never, no, no never ♪ we will never, no, no never ♪ we will never, no, ♪ we will never, no never ♪ we will never ♪ truly beautiful performance by john legend. a very, very emotional evening across the board. welcome back to our viewers from the united states and around the world. i was very moved by the john mccain video, underscoring the friendship he had with joe biden and moved by the personal story of jill biden and joe biden. her words were very powerful. of course going to discuss what bill clinton had to say about joe biden. what colin powell had to say about joe biden, what they also had to say about the current president of the united states. but it ended on a very emotional powerful scene, and i think it's worth discussing. >> those films were really well done, the ones about the mccain/biden friendship and the one about jill biden. her speech was remarkable too in the sense it was an affirmative case for her husband. i don't think she mentioned president trump, quite stark contrast to first lady michelle obama's speech last evening. what i'm taking away in terms of the message from the democratic national convention on the second night is basically normalcy. that seems to really be a big part of the pitch, that joe biden is somebody who will allow the country to return to normalcy. first of all as a philadelphiian it's great to here the willow grove accent. seriously, music to my years. but the idea of just how normal the bidens seem with the military service, she's a teacher. she got her graduate degree a little later in life. a blended family, and adversity that they had to work through. and then of course we've heard and talked a lot about what the messages are in the sense of republicans are so featured in this democratic convention. we had that with general colin powell and john mccain, that friendship. but that is, dana, that is who joe biden is. he is somebody who worked with republicans and who likes republicans, whether or not progressives like it. >> absolutely. i really want to drill down on what he said about jill biden, the woman who wants to be first lady of the united states. you know, we all know, people don't vote for first ladies. they vote for president. but there is something that is sort of important for people to see the full package and to see what the family who would be in their living rooms a lot would be like, and that clearly was what the goal -- what we saw from jill biden, explaining who that family is, who she is, in a way that is very important for people, not just sort of in a generic way, but as somebody who they said over and over helped bring the family back together, and they were clearly trying to make the case that she could help bring the american family back together. i mean, there was nothing subtle about that. and making clear that they are very resilient as the bidens, and that they could bring that resiliency to america, don't you think, abby? >> i felt like the last hour was so emotional, including addie barkin. when we talk about family it starts with that for me. his life story is so tragic, but a certain kind of story of perseverance. all of that builds up to what jill biden was doing towards the end there. i do think a lot about this idea of, what is the balance between the sort of progressive flank and on the republicans that were pictured? and i do think they struck the right balance, it seemed. they had a little bit of a mix of both. they had people advocating for med care for all, they had aoc giving a powerful endorsement of bernie sanders, but also of the movement of systemic change. then you also had in the republican testimonials it wasn't all about working across the aisle, it was about decency and friendship, and it wasn't so much about politics but just about normal and going back to, maybe, a little bit of boring, too. and i think all of that was -- at the end of the day, put it all together and it seemed to kind of work. >> and the idea also, you talked about addie and his incredible story and activism for revamping health care in this country. the idea about joe biden cares. this was also part of the theme the first night. he cares. he has empathy. he was there talking in that recorded conversation with families who have dealt with health-care challenges. it's just a huge craontrast wit the president and the way he's talked about people with disabilities. >> also, can we talk about the role call? we all love the role call, those of us who have had the privilege of being on the floor. >> this was better. >> i thought so, too! it was really, really great. the way not only they go to the states and territory, but they brought in real people. they brought in elected officials and people who are relatable and memorable and recognizable. matthew shepherd's parents. khan, who spoke four years ago, got under president trump's skin and is now talking about charlottesville. i was watching that saying, we're probably not going to go back to the original way, because this was so powerful and clearly well received. >> abby, the notion of the emotion that was underscoring the love story, the personal stories that we heard throughout this last hour especially, very, very powerful. but let's not forget, there was a lot of criticism, very tough criticism, very strong attacks against the current president of the united states. and when you hear general colin powell say, we are a country divided and we have a president doing everything in his power to make it that way and keep it that way -- there's a lot of criticism from colin powell, from bill clinton, from john kerry, and others. i'm only bracing for the reaction, abby, that we're about to get i'm sure from the president of the united states. >> we know he's watching. he's already been tweeting about the criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic that's come out in these speeches tonight. the president is paying attention and he's -- you heard a couple of speakers saying, this is a president who's given up on you. he's given up on the job. you heard jill biden allude to that when she says, joe biden is going to work as hard as you do. it kind of -- it harkens back to some of the other messages, the sharper messages from other speakers, but i do think even though she never said his name, the critique of president trump in the contrast she was making with joe biden was there, and the idea was this is a president who is not present on the job, and i think that one is going to sting for president trump tomorrow. >> certainly will. anderson, there's a lot to digest. i know you have a group of experts that will help us process the historic moment we just watched. >> i'll bring in gloria borger, nia malia henderson and david axelrod. david axelrod, what do you make of night two? >> i look at it from a strategic standpoint. going into this convention, one of the important things they needed to accomplish was flesh out joe biden. going in, he had a lead in the polls, but most of the people supporting him said they were supporting him because they wanted to vote against donald trump. he needed to flesh out the picture of himself. last night, the focus was trump. tonight the focus was very much joe biden, an affirmation of him as a person, his character, and also his record. bill clinton laid the wood the donald trump, colin powell and john kerry, but he also lifted joe biden up. spoke about not just his character, but his leadership, and i think that's very, very important. they need to leave the convention giving people a much deeper sense of him. finally, normalcy, it was said a couple minutes earlier bu, but contrast the donald trump is very clear. what they did tonight was root themselves in this culturally right in the middle of this country. they were relatable and people -- they're approachable, and people can see themselves in them. that would not be said of this president, and i think that was a very important thing they accomplished here. >> you know, i think -- i think we're all living in this kind of crazy dystopian world that none of us could have imagined a year ago, and what jill biden and joe biden tried to do tonight was say, "a," we are like you. we have heavy hearts like you. we are experiencing this. jill biden standing in the empty classroom. we get it. we know your anxiety. but we also feel that our values and the character of joe biden as president, whether it is as commander in chief or whether as the father of young children or the husband to jill biden, he can take you out of this. and, you know, we always say, every four years, will character count? does it matter? do people vote on character? no, they vote on their pocketbooks and everything else. they're making the case very strongly at this convention that who joe biden is as a human being, particularly in contrast with donald trump does count, and that he understands you and your problems, and that is what they were talking about tonight even in terms of being commander in chief. his son, his son beau biden fought in iraq. so i just think it's kind of one of these moments in american politics where you're looking at the values of a person and s saying, that's what matters and that's what they want you to think about overall. >> i was transfixed tonight by the role call, by that initial keynote address, where they had all of those different leaders from across the country who are broad and diverse. they were asian, latino, they were white, they were bloack, they were queer. this was a window to -- we talk about the idea of normalcy. i thought normal people were some of the most significant speakers and sort of the visual of america all across the country. i thought was really, really powerful, in particularly, what the woman who met joe biden in that elevator had to say, right? she said that he has room in his heart for someone other than himself, and i think that's the question about this country. how big is it, right? is america big enough to be a multiracial democracy? and i think by having this tableau of different people all across the country, the answer that joe biden is saying is yes, america's big enough for everyone. i thought that was really powerful tonight. yes, the videos fwere fantastic but i think a lot of people will see themselves tonight in a way they haven't before. >> gloria, the intimacy that this enforcement enforces really plays to the strengths of, in this case, joe biden, and what they were trying to do. there's a humanity throughout all this. it was on a human scale. wasn't a large room with shouted speeches and people cheering. there was this intimacy and just a lot of focus on human beings. joe biden doing something that president trump cannot do, sitting, talking to various americans who had and still may have issues and step into the pain, meet them in the broken places. >> and of course this is what is probably as a result of his own grief. he told me it's also a result of his stuttering that he likes to reach out to people, because he understands what they're feeling when they feel different. >> i mean, he speaks the language of loss. >> absolutely. but, you know, jill -- jill, too. the two of them together seemed like a normal couple that if you had a problem and you were a neighbor, you might knock on their door and say, hey, could you help me out here a little bit? i got an issue. and you know you would be welcomed in their house, and i think that's what they wanted to get across. >> i totally agree, and i think this was a major accomplishment tonight, but also i've said from the beginning it's not enough to feel people's pain. they have to believe you're going to do something about it. i think the addie barkin segment gave people a sense that biden not just cared but he would do something about it, he would fight for them. this is an important loop to close in this convention for them. they have to believe that biden is not just a guy that he has grief and understands every thin everyonethy but is going to take that and fight for the american people. >> yeah -- i just want to jump in on addie barkin. i just think from a production standpoint, not only meeting him two years ago and then to see him now and to allow him to speak through the computer that he uses to speak, it's a daring thing to do, and i just thought it was extraordinary. i mean, i was crying in this office. i just think it was extraordinarily human thing to do. >> and the lives and experiences of people who are going through extraordinarily difficult illnesses and are now disabled, those stories are never central. those stories were able to underscore the idea of joe biden, someone who himself has gone through tragedies and can see other people, feel their pain, and have a plan for what to do about it. and arguing his policy about health care. this is something that obviously americans are thinking about now given where we are on covid. so i think it was extraordinarily effective to center him and all these different americans at this time, particularly when we're kind of shut into our own lives. we're not able to travel and see america in a way we normally would, so here tonight was america, the whole 50 states role call and powerful stories of normal americans. >> we're going to go to van jon jones. >> i think the america that we love is still here. that's what i think. i thought that the way that they took a role call vote, usually isn't stirring and turned it into america the beautiful. you got a chance to pull the curtain back and see the country we could have again. i thought it was extraordinary, and beautiful and i thought to show joe biden as a guy with strong enough shoulders to be a bridge to pull us together, they pulled it off. >> i feel the exact same way. i'm not a super emotional person, but that last hour -- i mean, i was welling up a number of times because it made me yearn for a leader who cares about us, who is empathetic but also who sees us. and i think tonight a political star -- i mean, i don't even want to say political, because that sullys it -- just a real authentic communicator that jill biden was. we have all these posters about dr. b to hold up because she was so authentic and connected her experience in the classroom with the emptiness of the classroom and the pain that people are going through now. i think the way this was constructed, this night, was so beautiful. my hat is off to the whole convention team, because they did an amazing job. >> yeah, the program gathered emotional force throughout the evening, and i feel like so many americans feel like we know someone just like jill biden, this educator who's positive and indefatigable who everyone turns to for help. because we know jill, it feels like we know joe, which i believe is one of the major points tonight. i think they did a great job of getting us to fall in love with jill biden and naturally look to joe for comfort and leadership. >> scott? >> yeah, i thought jill biden was terrific. i think political spouses -- i think we ought to lay off and just love them all. they put up with a lot. this deals with political spouses in both parties. they love and know their spouses more than we ever will and the fact that they get up and give these speeches and undergo all this scrutiny -- so good luck. i thought the democrats really tried to make a reach on foreign policy tonight using some of the bipartisan voices. of course there were other people that aren't there. robert gates wasn't in there tonight, because he thinks joe biden has been wrong about every foreign policy decision in the last four daetds. health care video, i agree. the production was strongly compelling. i think it's interesting he gave a searing indictment of the current health-care system, which is obamacare. he's a supporter of medicare for all. that was a head scratcher for me, because biden doesn't believe in the solutions that mr. barkin -- >> i don't think you have to scratch your head too hard, brother, because you have two parts of our party trying to improve the health-care system and make it better. meanwhile, trump is trying to take obamacare away. you have a big enough idea for how to move it forward. i'm going to tell you, what you were able to see with joe biden is someone who was tough on the foreign policy stuff. people made a lot of fun of him, but he has a track record of being tough and yet he cares to help people who need help. i think he had a reset in terms of how he's being received -- the toughness and concern for others. i don't think the republican party has any room to pick us apart on how we improve it when they're trying to tear it apart. >> scott, what do you think the republicans answer this next week? i mean, clearly this has never been done before. if there's a republican television producer i'm sure they're watching this closely to see how it's done this week. the things that joe biden is good at in terms of talking to people, that's not something necessarily president trump is strong in. >> i think what you try to do with conventions is emphasize the streaks and conversation that you want the campaign to be focused on, so i would expect there to be some healthy criticism of the biden record, which is a long record, and they have been picking that apart, and i would expect them to focus on the economy. governor granholm talked a lot about the economy. this is the one issue where i think trump still retains an edge over biden so i would look for them to emphasize that. i also think frankly they're going bring in diverse voices from around the country. i know of a few that are being recruited and writing their speeches now. i think you're going to see a lot of diversity to make the case there is widespread support for what donald trump wants to do with the country. somebody said, get back to normal. i think that's what's on trump's should shoulders. does he have a plan to get us -- if he could sell that, that would be a win. >> anderson, i think if there was a missed opportunity for the democrats tonight, it was the way aoc's speech was used. i'm not sure she said joe's name. she spent time kmet rating bernie sanders' grassroots movement. i think the democratic party under -- how aoc represents many young americans. it would have been a wonderful opportunity for aoc to say, we need to get on board with joe biden's campaign, but she wasn't given that role for nominating bernie. i was glad bernie stood in the role call for vermont. that was clearly generous for him. he didn't have to do it. seeing him and jane standing in background was an enormous gesture of unity. >> heather? >> i agree. i think aoc, her voice is singularly compelling, even with few words and i am so glad she was part of this. people were saying, she didn't say joe biden. that wasn't her role. her role was to nominate bernie sanders. people shouldn't feel put off by that. notion of leadership, which was the theme of the night, when you compare with donald trump, who says i alone can fix it, you come away from this night knowing that leadership is not a solitary act. it is a community act. and that joe biden is humble enough to allow that community to help him to lead if he's going to empower others to be able to lead. and to me, that tells me we're going to be all right. >> well, look, i think that's good, but i don't want to go too far past -- aoc is important and the whole progressive wing of the party is important. what you didn't see -- tonight you had a lot of good moderates and republicans. that's very important, but i think if we go too much longer without feeling the progressive fire power -- haven't heard enough from the muslim community yet. haven't heard from latinos. it's a balancing act. i hope the republicans can find a way to look more diverse. we really are diverse. i don't want to progressives feeling like this is all going to be for the moderates and nothing for them. >> scott, you're all for that. >> i thought we -- we fought about it in the show before the convention tonight, but wouldn't you all have been happier if aoc had all the time they gave to bill clinton? wouldn't that have made you happier? would have made democrats all over the country happier, i'm sure. that was in my opinion, a programming mistake. >> i think the young people were -- >> i'm sorry, governor a, what did you say? >> i was just saying the quay note speech, where you had 17 people who are of one of them under 52 years old was a symbol of how the up and coming the progressives, are included and welcomes and part of this party. >> i just turned 53, so i'm a little offended by that. let's go wolf. >> you got too much gray. >> 17 rising young stars in the keynote address. 57 states and voting territories in the dramatic role call that many role call made it official -- joe biden is the democratic party's presidential nominee. let's talk a little bit about the former president of the united states, bill clinton. let me play a clip of what we heard from bill clinton. >> donald trump says we're leading the world. well, we are the only major industrial in the economy to have its unemployment rate tripled. at a time like this, the oval office should be a command center. instead it's a storm center. there's only chaos. one thing never changed -- his determination to deny responsibility. the buck never stops there. >> jake, it's not very often that we hear a former president of the united states so publicly taking down the current sitting president of the united states. >> no, it's another norm that has been eroded by this convention, the first one being the first lady, michelle obama being very critical of president trump. i have the say, bill clinton's speech -- it was fine, it was well done. he really is a people politician, and he really rises to the crowd, and he's somebody you can tell he didn't really feel it because there were no people in the room. and that was interesting. but his basic message, dana, the idea that, like, hey, i have been there, i know what it's like to be president, and this guy's not doing it. he's not doing the job, was one i thought he gave with some conviction. >> absolutely. obviously i was looking through it at the lens of this is the former two-term president, but he's also the guy who wanted to be the first first man four years ago, and isn't because donald trump beat his wife. there's that layer there. i was thinking back to the democratic convention four years ago where they ripped donald trump over and over again, but they did it in a way that didn't land of course because he won, on his characters and personal foibles. now he's been president for three and a half years. the focus was on his failures as a lead for bill clinton, john kerry, and others. it's a completely different attack and in many ways much more biting. >> i did spend a lot of time through the speech wondering about bill clinton's place in the democratic party today, because it did feel -- it felt classic bill clinton in a lot of ways. in some ways, very understated as he ripped president trump on all of these fronts. but at the same time, you know, i wonder who he's convincing. i think there are a lot of parts of the democratic party who respect what bill clinton has to say, but there are a lot of younger democrats who have kind of moved on. and then the people who democrats really wanted to convince tonight, the folks who were in the middle, i'm not sure that a message from bill clinton is really going to do it for them. i think that where he ended up in this program tonight, with a relatively short speech for him, tells you a lot about where he is in terms of where the party is. i think it was a biting speech for a former president, but i do wonder in terms of effectiveness and persuading people who are persuadable, would it do the job? >> we should also note we did hear audio from the former president jimmy carter, but i don't believe we saw him. he's obviously in his 90s and had some health difficulties in the last year. so we heard his voice, but we didn't see him. which, i did wonder about that. >> yeah, he's not a young man, nor is his wife either, but fact that they made a point to be involved the way that they were, and obviously that went with bill clinton, another former president. and the fact that that was juxtaposed with the keynote of 17 up and comers it was backwards. wasn't a torch passing. but it did show clearly -- the party tried to show they understood this is what's next, and this is the ladder they're climbing up above. >> it was good to hear at least the voice of former president jimmy carter and roselind carter. i spent time with them last year. we wish them the best. we did hear national security -- not just colin powell. we heard from others criticizing the current president of the united states in a whole host of other areas. sala sally yate, former attorney general, a blistering statement. it was one after the other. >> some served under president trump. brett mcgurt who ran the anti-ices coalition under obama, served urn president trump, and then resigned disgusted. i believe it was haafter presidt trump made the decision after talking to the president of turkey to abandon the kurds. you also saw masha yovanovitch who served as the ambassador to ukraine until she was removed. and there was an air force general and others. people who served with president trump. but they mainly were there to testify as to biden's strength. i think brett mcgurt said even though he was evempathetic and kind when keeling with enemies could be tough. >> marie yovanovitch, this is pretty notable. 34-year -- then came to a screeching halt. the fact that she would be willing to show up at a political event like this tells you a lot about how she feels. the trump administration has gone and what the direction of the country -- what direction she wants to country to go in. i think we all know people in the national security world, especially in the diplomatic world. they are not always jumping at the opportunity to be seen as partisan, and so for her to do that, it is extraordinary. maybe people don't remember her, but she was some of the most powerful testimony in the impeachment hearings, and it's a powerful endorsement for joe biden tonight. >> certainly was. we're getting some new information. we have been hearing from former presidents. we're also going to be hearing tomorrow night from another former president, barack obama. we're getting some new information on what we anticipate he will be saying. much more of our special coverage right after this. you know when your dog is itching for a treat. itching for an outing or itching for some cuddle time. but you may not know when he's itching for help licking for help or rubbing for help. if your dog does these frequently. they may be signs of an allergic skin condition that needs treatment. don't wait. talk to your veterinarian and learn more at itchingforhelp.com. but not every tomato ends in the same kind of heinz ketchup. because you can't be everyone's favorite ketchup without making a ketchup for everyone. because you can't be everyone's favorite ketchup simon pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500! coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. they're off... in the kentucky derby. rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. he scores! stanley cup champions! touchdown! only mahomes. the big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. . getting new information about what barack obama will say in his convention speech tomorrow. arlette, what are you learning? >> reporter: former president barack obama will headline tomorrow's event. we're getting a bit of a preview of those remarks, a spokesperson for president obama saying he'll speak for how joe biden and kamala harris are ready to lead the country now. the former president is also expected to speak about biden's experience in the white house since he witnessed up close how the former vice president worked along his side for eight years. and he's expected to call out what his spokesperson called sinal ka moves by the president and republican party to discourage voters from voting and democracy is on the line as he encourages people to head to the polls in november. this speech will offer a stark and personal view of joe biden as the vice president, as president obama has that firsthand experience in the white house and can talk to the character and qualities that biden has to lead the country. anderson? >> arlette saenz, appreciate it. look forward to tomorrow night. david axelrod, what do you expect it to be from the president? first of all, do we know, is it a recorded speech? is it live? >> i believe he's giving the speech live, yes. >> i'm told it's live, yeah. >> yes, yeah. but look, i had a discussion some days ago with someone on this team, and none of it was surprising to me because he sort of tipped his mitt on what he feels. he hasn't been subtle about it. he believes that democracy is on the line, and he -- and i think he'll be very blunt about it tomorrow night. i also think he's going to speak directly to young people in this country who yearn for change, or frustrated with the pace of change, and emphasize the importance of this election. we haven't heard too many people address that, address younger voters in this country. and directly talk about their sense of discouragement about the direction of some of the issues they care deeply about. but he's -- i give a motivational chat to them about why this battle is so important, even as he acknowledges -- i expect he'll acknowledge their frustration. remember, he's got two young daughters and i think they're as much as counselors as anyone on the politics of the country right now. so i think that will help shape his speech as well. >> yeah, and i think he probably is the second best speaker in the obama family. michelle obama being the best. and you imagine it will sort of be a bookend to what she was saying last night. she kind of straight away from the hope and change. it was a lot about fear -- you have no idea how bad it can get if donald trump has a second term. she also talked to young people. i imagine he'll pick up on the same themes about, maybe joe biden isn't the perfect pick, but don't let perfect be the enemy of the good. something he often said as president in trying to govern. so listen, people will tune in for barack obama. we haven't really heard him in this way. he heard him in dribs and drabs over the past couple of years, particularly at the john lewis fu funeral, but this will be a moment where he's reckoning with joe biden's legacy, his legacy and trying to pass to young people who are disaffected by the last years in politics and even his years in politics as well. >> i think that's why each of these key speakers have been making the case that donald trump is an existential threat to democracy. we heard it from bernie sanders, we heard it from michelle obama that he's a threat to your family. and i think that you'll hear it tomorrow night as well. what's interesting to me, and what's different about this convention, is that normally at conventions when political speakers get up, they talk about the other party and say, oh, republicans want to do this. republicans want to do that. and the democrats -- we want to protect you. you're not hearing that. at least not yet. because what they're trying to . and so you're hearing a lot of donald trump. you're hearing a lot of okay, you know, if you like -- as bill clinton said, if you like a guy who sits in his office and watching the tv all the time, he's your guy. but as a very different convention that day for me to process. and listen to. it's much more welcoming to the other party. >> let's check in with our other group. van jones, what are you expecting tomorrow night from kamala harris as well? >> i expect to bring it. i penguins it to be exciting. and a sleepy thing that is going on, you had trump doing trump stuff. you have protesting and the virus, whatever, and biden is just scooting along under the ray bar, and he brought in kamala and it just lit a fire. a lot of people are squared that kamala would not be accepted, and she is a symbol of hope. i think tomorrow, she is not going to let folks down. i think she knows it's a moment for her. and this country. i think she's going to bring it tomorrow. >> let me just say, anderson, this is the week we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of giving women the right to vote. half of the speakers are women. she is the epitome of the progress women have made. she is going to come and fight and punch hard at donald trump. and she very well could do it tomorrow but she is going to represent happen of the population, and she is a compelling speaker, and i think her speech is going to be -- if we had a roof to raise, that we are all under, it would raise the roof. maybe it will blow the roofs off houses. i think she's going to be great. >> i think tomorrow is a chance for millions of americans to get to know their next vice president. and we feel like we know her because we're in the know in terms of the presidential nomination race. but for many americans, tomorrow will be their first big interduction as kamala, and i think it's fitting she will speak on the night of barack obama. it will be a torch passing, the children of immigrants, and inspirational stories that will excite many americans, the potential to demonstrate the country can still have leaders that come up in one generation. >> anderson, i think kamala harris speaking tomorrow night gets the democrats a chance to exploit the advantage, and that is the gender gap in the race. you can slice and days the electorate. but biden has a huge advantage with women voters. it's something that drove democrats in 2018 and it's why biden wanted to put a woman on his ticket. here she comes to really give them a chance to wrap up what we have seen from the polling. that is what you are groige to get and republicans will criticize the policy, and just looking at it from a pure operative view, that is what you get from kamala harris. speaking to a lot of women, they are turning against trump and want to vote on the democratic ticket. >> this may be the first thing scott has said tonight that i agree with. i think you're totally right about exploiting the gender gap. and can we just give a nod to all the women who are moderating? tomorrow it will be kerry washington. how fantastic is that? i'm excited about that. >> and -- and hillary clinton -- >> and i talked to jewel la lou lou louis dreyfus. >> i love this. you get to text with a lot of celebrities. >> i like that andrew just dropped the mike own that. i was talking to julia today. >> hey, look, i think that kamala has an opportunity -- i think clkamala has an opportuni to do something tomorrow. and michelle obama started the process of bringing the women on, and also talking to the young people. and trying to get the young people feeling so disaffected. it's been a whole online onslaught against kamala, trying to get people to turn on her. you have seen people pushing back, saying kamala is our girl. she's going to have one of the most washed speaks, and tomorrow night, she has an opportunity to set the record straight, where she is on criminal justice, and to get the young people excited. >> and when you talk to young people, it's good to call them the young people. i'm going to talk to the young people now. let me tell you, the young people. you, the young people. >> get off my lawn! >> a lot to -- >> the young people wish they had a lawn. >> thank you. i appreciate it. t youngsters are here. chris cuomo and don lemon after a quick break. so are we. prudential helps 1 in 7 americans with their financial needs. that's over 25 million people. with over 90 years of investment experience, our thousands of financial professionals can help with secure video chat or on the phone. we make it easy for you with online tools, e-signatures, and no-medical-exam life insurance. plan for better days. go to prudential.com or talk to an advisor. test. test test. when you hear that music, you know what it means, it means special political coverage, and this is cnn's special live coverage of the 2020 democratic national convention. this is night two. i'm don lemen and that guy you see there to my left, that is christopher cuomo. we have three hours, just about anything to happen. >> live tv, baby. let's start with what did happen. joe bide season now officially the democrat party's nominee for president of the united states. he accepted in person and on twitter. that was on the big box they had to check. then it washe

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