CBS Evening News - 2008-08-25 (Democratic Convention)
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[0:04] Tonight, the Democrats convene in Denver
[0:07] to nominate a president, but primary
[0:09] wounds are slow to heal. Can Barack
[0:12] Obama unite his party? I'm Katie Kirk.
[0:15] Also tonight, Michelle Obama.
[0:18] >> We raised Craig and Michelle to go to
[0:20] college, but we tease them about how
[0:22] some people went away to college and
[0:25] never came back to their community.
[0:26] Americans will hear her story as she
[0:29] gets ready to deliver the speech of her
[0:31] life and an emotional tribute to a
[0:34] dynasty and a man who transformed
[0:37] American politics.
[0:43] This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:46] Kurrick reporting tonight from the
[0:48] Democratic National Convention in
[0:50] Denver.
[0:52] >> And good evening everyone. This is the
[0:54] Pepsi Center. People here in Denver call
[0:56] it the can. It's the home of the Denver
[0:58] Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche, the
[1:00] hockey team here. But this week, it's
[1:02] home to the Democrats. In fact,
[1:04] thousands of them have come here from
[1:06] all across the country to nominate
[1:08] Barack Obama for president of the United
[1:10] States. It will be a chance for the
[1:12] senator from Illinois to reintroduce
[1:15] himself to voters and try to heal the
[1:16] lingering wounds of his hard-fought
[1:19] primary battle with Hillary Clinton.
[1:25] And with that, the 2008 Democratic
[1:27] National Convention was underway.
[1:29] >> The 45th Quadrrenial National Convention
[1:32] of the Democratic Party will now come to
[1:34] order.
[1:35] >> Hours ago, DNC Chairman Howard Dean
[1:38] called Democrats to order. A contingent
[1:40] of 4,440
[1:42] delegates, 65% of whom are white, 23%
[1:46] are African-Amean, 57% are attending
[1:50] their first Democratic conven