48 Hours (CBS) - 2000-08-14 (Democratic Convention)

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[0:00] >> Why are you talking to me like that?

[0:01] >> Oh, you speak English.

[0:03] >> Jim Gaffigan stars with Christine

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[0:09] CBS next Monday.

[0:14] >> Tonight, a special edition of 48 hours.

[0:19] >> President Clinton has said America

[0:21] forgives him, but can he help Vice

[0:24] President Gore step out from the shadow?

[0:27] And

[0:27] >> take your hands off of me. Unless you

[0:29] intend to arrest me, don't don't push

[0:31] me, please.

[0:31] >> Remember when conventions were about

[0:33] conflict, passion,

[0:37] and change?

[0:40] >> It gets into a question of power,

[0:41] doesn't it?

[0:42] >> It radicalized everybody is what

[0:44] happened. It certainly radicalized me.

[0:46] >> And now there's no raw drama.

[0:51] >> If you scripted the drama out of

[0:54] politics, you are castrating politics.

[0:58] to George P. Bus.

[0:59] >> I'm Karen Gore.

[1:00] >> The hottest faces of this campaign.

[1:02] >> Sit down at the dinner table with us.

[1:04] Politics is not our obsession.

[1:06] >> And they're not even on the ticket.

[1:08] >> I have definitely not grown up feeling

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[1:18] >> Dan Rather reports live from Los

[1:21] Angeles. A special convention edition of

[1:24] 48 hours. Style 102.

[1:36] >> Good evening from the city of angels,

[1:37] touched this week by the Democrats. It

[1:40] is opening night of the Democratic

[1:41] National Convention. And this is the

[1:43] week Vice President Al Gore will attempt

[1:45] to step out of the long shadow of

[1:48] President Bill Clinton and into the

[1:50] glare of a Hollywood style spotlight.

[1:52] That spotlight will be shining one last

[1:54] time on President Clinton. This is

[1:57] Clinton night at the Gore Convention. In

[1:59] just 5 months, Mr. Clinton will retire

[2:02] after two terms as president. So, his

[2:04] address here tonight, a combination

[2:07] farewell and symbolic passing of the

[2:09] party leadership to the man he hopes

[2:11] will follow him into the White House.

[2:13] Trailing in the polls, Al Gore needs a

[2:16] boost from Clinton Knight and from the

[2:18] convention this week. Like the

[2:19] Republicans in Philadelphia, this

[2:21] Democratic convention is a tightly

[2:23] scripted infomercial on behalf of the

[2:26] Gore Lieberman ticket. Also in the

[2:28] script tonight, an address from First

[2:30] Lady and US Senate candidate Hillary

[2:32] Clinton. You will hear from the

[2:33] president and the first lady later on 48

[2:36] hours. Down there behind me at the

[2:38] podium is a veteran of 17 conventions

[2:41] and the leader of CBS's Face the Nation,

[2:43] Bob Schiffer. Bob, what can we expect

[2:44] tonight? Well, Dan, the president will

[2:47] be president until next year, but this

[2:49] is really the last time he'll make an

[2:51] address as the leader of a Democratic

[2:54] party. He's going to take a real shot at

[2:56] George Bush tonight, who accused him of

[2:59] squandering his time in office. He'll

[3:01] remind the Republicans that the good

[3:03] times did not happen by chance, but he

[3:06] says because of hard choices that he

[3:08] made and members of admin his

[3:10] administration made. He'll also give a

[3:12] ringing endorsement of Al Gore. He'll

[3:14] call him a loyal adviser who stood by

[3:17] him even in the tough times. As you say,

[3:19] this is a convention where Al Gore must

[3:21] step out as his own man. But first,

[3:24] Democrats will hear from the man who

[3:25] brought Al Gore here. It's Bill

[3:27] Clinton's night and Bill Clinton will

[3:30] use this night to brag a little about

[3:32] his administration. Dan

[3:33] >> Bob Shever 60 Minutes man Ed Bradley is

[3:36] down there on the floor. It's a big

[3:38] Clinton night at this convention. Ed,

[3:40] how do the delegates feel about that?

[3:42] Well, Dan, these are his people. In

[3:44] 1985, as a founding member of the

[3:45] Democratic Leadership Council, Bill

[3:47] Clinton had a mission to move his party

[3:49] towards the center. You look at the

[3:51] delegates here, and that's exactly what

[3:53] he has done. They are more moderate than

[3:55] in past years, although their position

[3:57] on some issues is more liberal than most

[3:59] people in this country. In that sense,

[4:01] they are sort of like the president.

[4:02] They see themselves as centrists in

[4:04] spite of their position on things like

[4:05] affirmative action and the death

[4:06] penalty. And this is a bittersweet

[4:08] moment for him and for them. It's a

[4:10] farewell. He is a man who clearly loves

[4:12] his job and doesn't want to leave. They

[4:14] love him and don't want him to go, but

[4:15] they are here as Al Gore delegates and

[4:18] tonight officially begins the passing of

[4:20] the baton. And Dan, it's for him and for

[4:23] them. Ed Bradley, CBS News special

[4:27] correspondent Gloria Boura is with me

[4:29] here in the anchor booth. Well, Gloria,

[4:31] will it be as simple as passing the

[4:33] torch or baton?

[4:34] >> I don't think so, Dan. Like lots of

[4:35] family relationships, this is very

[4:37] complicated. There's been some tension

[4:39] recently between the Gore camp and the

[4:42] Clinton camp with the Gore advisers

[4:44] believing that the Clintons are spending

[4:45] a little bit too much time here in LA

[4:47] raising money, but they also understand

[4:49] that their man is behind in the polls

[4:50] and that he does have to emerge from the

[4:52] president's shadow. And I think tonight,

[4:54] Dan, the president is going to try and

[4:56] do that for him. He's going to say,

[4:58] "You, the American public, if you don't

[5:00] know who Al Gore is, let me tell you who

[5:02] he is." And then when the applause dies

[5:04] down, he's going to do one more

[5:05] important thing, and that is he's going

[5:07] to walk off stage. And I was talking to

[5:09] one Gore adviser today who said to me,

[5:11] and I quote, "We hope he makes it clear

[5:13] that one guy is going east and the other

[5:15] guy is going west."

[5:17] >> Lori Bger. Well, as the Democrats are

[5:20] having their say inside this cavernous

[5:22] hall, demonstrators, including some

[5:24] self-described anarchists, are having

[5:27] their say outside, exercising their

[5:30] First Amendment rights with a so far

[5:32] peaceful and orderly protest. The crowd

[5:35] about 8 to 9,000 strong is also there

[5:38] for a concert by among others the

[5:41] radical rock group called Rage Against

[5:43] the Machine. Earlier today, police

[5:45] clashed with some demonstrators

[5:47] protesting a variety of issues elsewhere

[5:49] in Los Angeles. There were about 10

[5:51] arrests. Back here inside the convention

[5:55] hall, you'll be hearing from the first

[5:57] lady later in this half hour, followed

[5:59] by complete coverage of the president's

[6:01] address to this convention.

[6:04] Just ahead,

[6:07] whatever happened to the passion,

[6:09] >> take your hands off of me, unless you

[6:10] plan to arrest me,

[6:11] >> of political conventions. It radicalized

[6:14] everybody. It certainly radicalized me.

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[9:02] things are getting primal. Whatever it

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[9:22] Seeing the rough and tumble side of

[9:25] American democracy isn't always pretty,

[9:27] but it can be pretty interesting.

[9:29] Conventions used to be a battleground.

[9:31] The candidates debated and otherwise

[9:33] clashed in public. But now, the

[9:35] political producers of these events

[9:37] would rather not air any dirty laundry.

[9:40] Eric Inberg looks back at a time when

[9:42] conventions were a lot less

[9:43] conventional.

[9:49] It was great while it lasted.

[9:52] >> Will the convention come to order?

[9:54] >> For 20 years, the parties let us eaves

[9:56] drop.

[9:57] >> Minnesota cast its 28 votes for

[10:00] Eisenhower

[10:01] >> on the making of a president.

[10:03] >> We are seeing Senator Kennedy.

[10:04] >> Buffalo Theater

[10:07] with news to boot.

[10:11] >> 1948 was the first TV convention.

[10:14] >> I accept the nomination.

[10:17] By 52, TV was invading previously hidden

[10:21] political inner sanctums.

[10:22] >> This is television. This isn't radio.

[10:25] >> It was television. Those little tiny

[10:27] sets.

[10:29] >> We realized that it was never going to

[10:31] be the same again.

[10:33] >> In 52, Gorvadal, a prolific chronicler

[10:36] of American political life, was still 7

[10:38] years away from writing The Best Man, a

[10:41] play and later a movie about a campaign.

[10:44] It's a wide open convention. Anybody can

[10:48] win.

[10:49] >> By 56, Americans were spouting

[10:51] convention trivia over breakfast.

[10:53] >> The eyes have it.

[10:55] >> And everyone knew where the voting

[10:57] always starts.

[10:58] >> Alabama.

[10:59] >> The Democratic nominee that year, Adley

[11:01] Stevenson, breaking tradition, let the

[11:03] convention pick his running mate.

[11:05] >> The selection of the vice presidential

[11:07] nominee should be made through the free

[11:10] processes of this convention.

[11:17] Chicago in 1968 was a turning point.

[11:24] Too much reality TV for the party

[11:26] bosses. The passions unleashed by the

[11:28] Vietnam War in a year that had seen the

[11:31] murders of Robert Kennedy and Martin

[11:32] Luther King and cities on fire swept

[11:36] over the Democratic convention.

[11:39] Force was the boss's response on the

[11:42] streets. Dan Rather and in the hall. But

[11:44] >> don't push me. Take your hands off of

[11:46] them.

[11:46] >> It radicalized everybody is what

[11:48] happened. It certainly radicalized me.

[11:50] >> In 68, actress Shirley Mlan, a war

[11:53] opponent, was a California delegate.

[11:56] >> Just devastating.

[11:57] >> It was devastating to watch those

[11:59] pictures.

[12:01] We were there doing participatory

[12:03] democracy while fascism was happening on

[12:05] the streets of Chicago.

[12:06] >> After 68, nothing would ever be the

[12:08] same. The bosses lost the power to pick

[12:11] the nominee and run the convention. The

[12:14] primaries became everything. The

[12:16] important decisions would be made before

[12:18] a single delegate entered the hall. The

[12:21] hall would be merely a stage.

[12:24] >> Vidal, who is a distant cousin of Albert

[12:26] Gore, bemons the power big money now

[12:29] exerts over the selection of the

[12:31] nominees and every aspect of political

[12:34] life.

[12:34] >> You can't say they are about anything.

[12:36] public conventions.

[12:38] The decision who's going to be nominated

[12:40] has been made before you get there. It's

[12:42] for a number of well-known politicians

[12:45] who've been bought many, many times to

[12:48] do do their act but not rock the boat.

[12:54] >> They have become big budget movies. Big

[12:57] budget movies that if released the way

[13:00] they make them wouldn't make money at

[13:02] the box office.

[13:03] >> He should know. Joe Esther Hos is one of

[13:06] Hollywood's hottest screenwriters and

[13:08] he's also the best-selling author of a

[13:10] new book about the Clinton years.

[13:12] >> If you strip the drama out of politics,

[13:16] you know, you are castrating politics.

[13:18] Is there any advice you've got for the

[13:20] parties on

[13:20] >> be funnier, be human, be looser. Don't

[13:24] worry about the people out there who

[13:26] have deep pockets. Worry about us who

[13:28] have deep souls.

[13:29] >> The suspense is gone. I proudly accept

[13:32] your nomination. And the spin doctors

[13:35] and political packagers see to it that

[13:37] the controversy is gone. It leaves us

[13:40] with not much.

[13:42] >> I know enough about screenwriting to

[13:43] know that if you do that kind of show,

[13:45] it ain't going to sell. And I love stink

[13:48] and sweat. And I think this country

[13:50] does. I think we want to see reality,

[13:53] honesty, and cander.

[13:55] >> Will the convention come to order?

[13:59] >> Ketta. Ketta. Up next, one is named

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[14:05] >> The other is named Bush. Why these

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[14:12] >> Appearances count for more than ever.

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[18:12] >> Steve Urban takes you live to the floor

[18:14] of the Democratic Convention for an

[18:16] inside look at the upcoming election

[18:18] this week on News Channel 5.

[18:34] Much has been made of the impressive

[18:36] legacies of both the Democratic and

[18:38] Republican candidates for president this

[18:39] year. But there's something else in both

[18:41] family arsenals. Generation excitement.

[18:45] Troy Roberts reports on the two freshest

[18:47] faces of the campaign. And they're not

[18:49] even on the ticket.

[18:52] This summer, we're witnessing the birth

[18:55] of a new political generation.

[19:02] >> Two weeks ago in Philadelphia,

[19:06] >> it was the Republicans's turn.

[19:11] >> With his matinea idol, good looks,

[19:13] charm, and poise,

[19:16] young George P. Bush is cutting his

[19:18] political teeth on his uncle George W's

[19:21] campaign for president.

[19:22] >> Now is the time to end the cynicism and

[19:25] the fussing and fighting in Washington.

[19:27] >> The 24year-old named by People magazine

[19:30] as one of the country's most eligible

[19:32] bachelors.

[19:33] >> You've modeled before. I know you have.

[19:35] >> Figures prominently in the Bush campaign

[19:37] strategy. Could you do something?

[19:39] >> I would like you to welcome a young man

[19:41] who is a star in my family and that's my

[19:43] nephew George P. Bush.

[19:47] With his mother from Mexico, P, as he's

[19:50] called, has the job of reaching Latinos

[19:53] in swing states.

[19:54] >> Oh, you're my Spanish hero.

[19:56] >> And attracting young voters.

[19:58] >> Hi, I'm Karetta. Nice to meet you.

[20:01] >> This week, the Democrats will make the

[20:03] most out of their own rising political

[20:05] star, Al Gore's 26-year-old daughter,

[20:08] Karetta Gorchef.

[20:15] >> Thank you. I decided that I wanted to

[20:17] not only be involved behind the scenes

[20:19] and be engaged and interested, but also

[20:22] to come out and speak my mind.

[20:25] >> The oldest of the three Gore sisters,

[20:27] she had a storybook wedding. A new

[20:30] mother and law school graduate, she

[20:32] stands in stark contrast to her father's

[20:34] wooden image.

[20:35] >> Well, I think at a time when there is no

[20:37] really disruptive, scary enemy out

[20:40] there, appearances count for more than

[20:42] ever.

[20:43] >> Talk magazine editor-inchief Tina Brown,

[20:46] >> I think that the U Bush family and the

[20:48] Gore family are just incredibly happy

[20:50] and grateful to have on their team these

[20:52] brilliant, intelligent, youthful,

[20:54] contemporary spokespeople who can

[20:55] capture a whole new vote.

[20:58] >> The truth is, keeping them front and

[21:00] center is simply smart politics. 18 to

[21:03] 36 year olds are a huge potential voting

[21:06] block, 72 million strong. That's bigger

[21:09] than baby boomers. How they'll decide

[21:11] this November will make all the

[21:13] difference in the election.

[21:14] The problem is they're less inclined to

[21:17] vote.

[21:18] >> It is a big challenge because uh there

[21:20] are good reasons for being turned off to

[21:22] politics.

[21:23] >> Karina, who runs Gore's youth website,

[21:26] and George P are reaching out to

[21:28] Generation X voters.

[21:30] >> As a member of our generation, if

[21:32] there's one major objective of mine, it

[21:33] is to reverse the trend of younger

[21:35] people not hitting the polls. Ladies and

[21:38] gentlemen, the next president of the

[21:40] United States, not to mention a very

[21:43] fine dad, Al Gore.

[21:46] >> Behind closed doors, Karina has an even

[21:49] greater role in the campaign

[21:52] as a trusted adviser to her father,

[21:55] counseling him on everything from

[21:57] strategy and this week's acceptance

[21:59] speech to the earthtone color of the

[22:01] vice president's suits.

[22:04] Some campaign workers have quietly

[22:06] questioned her influence.

[22:08] >> I think that the role that our family

[22:10] plays is really just being a s sounding

[22:13] board for him.

[22:14] >> Have you always been conscious that

[22:16] you're part of this political dynasty

[22:17] and that much is expected of you?

[22:21] >> I have definitely not grown up feeling

[22:24] self-conscious about the political

[22:26] identity of my family. I just thought of

[22:30] my dad's job as like any other job in

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[22:38] then he would go off to the capital.

[22:40] >> Governor, could you talk about what it's

[22:42] like to have a son who's now being

[22:44] written about as a babe magnet?

[22:49] >> No.

[22:51] >> Sit down at the dinner table with us.

[22:53] >> We mostly talk about sports and and

[22:56] competitive things. Um, politics is not

[22:58] our obsession.

[23:02] >> Politics may not be an obsession, but

[23:05] it's in the family blood.

[23:07] >> I've seen how hard my father works for

[23:09] what he believes in.

[23:11] >> And for now, there's no escaping the

[23:13] lore of the family business

[23:15] >> or the media spotlight.

[23:17] >> I think clearly both of them have

[23:18] political futures.

[23:19] >> It's been just an incredible rush right

[23:21] now.

[23:21] >> Really just rehearsing their future

[23:23] roles in front of us all. Wow. Right

[23:25] here in this room, I feel the best of

[23:27] the American spirit, and it's

[23:30] >> it's going to be great to uh carry that

[23:32] through to November and beyond.

[23:35] Coming up next, someone else who's

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[26:59] It is Clinton night here at the

[27:00] convention and Hillary Clinton has just

[27:02] started speaking. We pick her up in

[27:04] progress. She's just done.

[27:08] >> I am

[27:11] I am so proud to stand here at this

[27:16] extraordinary moment, the most peaceful,

[27:20] prosperous, promising time in our

[27:23] nation's history. Now, how can we

[27:27] continue America's progress? by electing

[27:31] El Gore and Joe Lieberman the next

[27:33] president and vice president of the

[27:36] United States.

[27:47] You know,

[27:49] even even before he was vice president,

[27:54] I admired Al for his leadership in the

[27:56] Senate, his understanding of the future,

[28:00] his pioneering efforts to fight

[28:02] environmental threats that affected our

[28:05] children, his work with Tipper to

[28:08] promote responsible parenting, and what

[28:11] great parents the two of them are. I've

[28:14] watched him as Bill's trusted partner in

[28:17] the White House. Together, they made the

[28:21] hard decisions to renew our nation's

[28:25] economy and our national spirit to

[28:28] advance democracy and defend freedom

[28:32] around the world. And I can't wait until

[28:36] we watch Al Gore take the oath of office

[28:40] on January 20th, 20 and one.

[28:50] And standing next to him

[28:54] will be his wonderful wife and my dear

[28:57] friend who inspires us through her work

[29:00] for the homeless and her advocacy on

[29:03] behalf of mental health. Tipper Gore

[29:06] will make a great first lady.

[29:15] And the country

[29:18] the country has seen again Al Gore's

[29:21] leadership in his choice of Joe

[29:23] Lieberman. I first I first met Joe

[29:29] 30 years ago when Bill and I were law

[29:33] students. We saw then what America sees

[29:37] now. a person of uncommon wisdom and

[29:41] integrity. I admire Joe's work to reduce

[29:45] the violence in our media and I

[29:47] appreciate his steadfast support for a

[29:51] woman's right to choose.

[29:57] And

[30:00] with him

[30:03] is his remarkable wife, Hadasa, the

[30:06] immigrant daughter of Holocaust

[30:08] survivors. Their story tells our

[30:11] children that in America, no dream is

[30:14] beyond our reach. You know, in 1992,

[30:19] Bill and Al promised to put people

[30:22] first. That simply meant that when

[30:25] people live up to their

[30:27] responsibilities,

[30:28] we ought to live up to ours and give

[30:31] them the tools and opportunities they

[30:34] need to build better lives. That's the

[30:37] basic bargain at the heart of the

[30:40] American dream. From a stronger economy

[30:43] to more Americans attending college to a

[30:46] cleaner environment, Bill Clinton and Al

[30:49] Gore have put people first. And not only

[30:53] that, they put children first as well.

[31:02] More children lifted out of poverty.

[31:06] More children receiving Head Start,

[31:09] child care, and afterchool care. More

[31:13] children than ever getting immunized

[31:15] against disease. more children whose

[31:18] parents can take family and medical

[31:21] leave to care for them. And more

[31:23] neglected and abused foster children

[31:27] being adopted into loving permanent

[31:29] homes. Children like Diana who came to a

[31:34] White House ceremony I held spotlighting

[31:37] the needs of children in foster care.

[31:40] Just 12 years old, not much younger than

[31:43] Chelsea at the time. She spent most of

[31:46] her life moving from house to house. She

[31:50] was so shy she could barely look up as

[31:53] she spoke of her longing for a home and

[31:57] family of her own. As I listened, I

[32:00] thought, "How can we let any child grow

[32:04] up in our country without a secure and

[32:07] loving home?" I worked with a bipartisan

[32:11] coalition to help double the number of

[32:14] foster children adopted. And when the

[32:16] president signed the new adoption law, I

[32:19] thought of the first foster child I

[32:22] represented back when I was in law

[32:24] school, I thought of what my own mother

[32:27] went through in her life as a child born

[32:30] to teenage parents who couldn't take

[32:32] care of her. And when she was eight, she

[32:35] and her little sister were sent alone on

[32:37] a train across the country to stay with

[32:39] relatives. At 14, she went to work

[32:42] caring for a family's children. And

[32:46] fortunately, her employer was a kind

[32:48] woman who saw her true worth and showed

[32:52] her what a loving family was really

[32:54] like. And I thought of Diana, whom I

[32:58] have seen blossom into a beaming,

[33:01] confident young woman because caring

[33:04] parents open their hearts and home to

[33:07] her. She finally had what every child

[33:11] needs, a family that puts her first. And

[33:15] for me, that's what it's all about.

[33:18] years ago when I worked for the

[33:21] Children's Defense Fund, we had a

[33:24] trademark, leave no child behind, and

[33:29] we've made great progress in the last 8

[33:32] years.

[33:38] But

[33:41] but we still have a lot of work to do

[33:45] because when a child can't go to school

[33:48] without fearing guns and violence,

[33:51] that's a child left behind. When a

[33:54] child's illness is not treated because a

[33:57] hard-working parent can't afford health

[34:00] insurance, that's a child left behind.

[34:04] And when a child struggles to learn in

[34:07] an overcrowded classroom, that's a child

[34:10] left behind.

[34:12] Don't let anyone tell you this election

[34:16] doesn't matter. The stakes in November

[34:20] are biggest for the littlest among us.

[34:23] What will it take to make sure no child

[34:26] in America is left behind in the 21st

[34:30] century? It takes responsible parents

[34:33] who put their own children first. It

[34:36] takes all of us, teachers and workers

[34:38] and business owners and community

[34:40] leaders and people of faith. And you

[34:43] know, I still believe it takes a

[34:45] village. And it certainly takes Al Gore

[34:49] and Joe Lieberman.

[34:53] They have what it takes and they'll do

[34:56] what it takes.

[35:04] You know,

[35:06] over the last eight years, I've talked

[35:09] with mothers and fathers on front

[35:12] porches and factory floors and in

[35:15] hospital wards, and I've seen firsthand

[35:18] the joys and anxieties that parents feel

[35:21] when it comes to our children. I

[35:24] remember a teacher with tears in her

[35:26] eyes because she had the only textbook

[35:30] in the classroom. It's time to give all

[35:34] our students the chance to succeed in

[35:36] the new economy by modernizing our

[35:39] schools, setting high standards, and

[35:42] hiring more qualified teachers.

[35:45] I've held the hands of mothers and

[35:49] fathers who've lost their children to

[35:52] gun violence. It's time to honor their

[35:56] pain by passing common sense gun safety

[36:00] laws that keep guns out of the hands of

[36:03] children and criminals.

[36:10] I've listened

[36:12] I've listened to parents distressed

[36:15] about a culture that too often glorifies

[36:18] violence. Why can't all of us, including

[36:22] the media, give parents more control

[36:25] over what their children see on TV, in

[36:28] the movies, on the internet, and in

[36:30] video games.

[36:31] I've met mothers and fathers who are

[36:35] working full-time in fast food

[36:38] restaurants and supermarket checkout

[36:40] lines and other tough jobs, but they're

[36:43] still poor. It's time to make the basic

[36:47] bargain work for all Americans by

[36:50] raising the minimum wage, enforcing

[36:52] tough child support laws, and

[36:55] guaranteeing equal pay for equal work.

[37:08] And everywhere I go, I've heard from

[37:12] doctors and nurses who every day see

[37:15] children with illnesses that could have

[37:18] been treated earlier if their parents

[37:21] had been able to afford health

[37:22] insurance. Now, you may remember I had a

[37:26] few ideas about healthc care and I've

[37:29] learned a few lessons since then, but I

[37:32] haven't given up on the goal. And that's

[37:35] why we kept working step by step to

[37:39] ensure millions of children through the

[37:42] children's health insurance program.

[37:50] And that's why it's time to pass a real

[37:55] patients bill of rights and provide

[37:57] access to affordable health care to

[38:00] every child and family in this country.

[38:07] But we'll never accomplish what we need

[38:09] to do for our children if we burden them

[38:12] with a debt they did not create.

[38:15] Franklin Roosevelt said that Americans

[38:18] of his generation had a rendevous with

[38:21] destiny. Well, I think our generation

[38:24] has a rendevous with responsibility.

[38:27] It's time to protect the next generation

[38:31] by using our budget surplus to pay down

[38:34] the national debt, save Social Security,

[38:37] modernize Medicare with a prescription

[38:40] drug benefit, and provide targeted tax

[38:43] cuts to the families that need them most

[38:55] at this moment. oment.

[38:58] At this moment of great potential, let's

[39:02] not squander our children's futures.

[39:06] Let's elect leaders who will leave no

[39:09] child behind. Leaders who don't just

[39:13] talk the talk, but walk the walk.

[39:16] Leaders like Al Gore and Joe Lieberman.

[39:28] You know,

[39:30] the other day, Bill and I were looking

[39:34] at pictures of our daughter

[39:37] from eight years ago when this journey

[39:39] began. It's been an amazing eight years

[39:42] for Chelsea, too. And we want to thank

[39:45] the American people for giving her the

[39:48] space to grow. Bill and I are closing

[39:53] one chapter of our lives and soon will

[39:57] be starting a new one. For me, it will

[40:01] be up to the people of New York to

[40:03] decide whether I'll have the privilege

[40:06] of serving them in the United States

[40:08] Senate.

[40:18] much.

[40:22] But I will always

[40:25] I will always be profoundly grateful to

[40:28] all of you and to the American people

[40:31] for the last eight years.

[40:34] Really, the most important thing that I

[40:37] can say tonight

[40:40] is thank you. Thank you for giving me

[40:43] the most extraordinary opportunity to

[40:47] work here at home and around the world

[40:50] on the issues that matter most to

[40:53] children, women, and families. Thank you

[40:57] for your support and faith in good times

[41:01] and in bad. Thank you from the bottom of

[41:05] my heart for the honor and blessing of a

[41:09] lifetime.

[41:10] Good night and God bless you all. Thank

[41:14] you very very much.

[41:19] The first lady of the United States,

[41:21] Hillary Clinton, finishing her address

[41:24] about 20 25 minutes behind the schedule.

[41:29] She emphasized in several different ways

[41:33] that as she put it, this election is

[41:35] important. also tried to emphasize that

[41:38] there are differences between the

[41:40] Democrats and Republicans and between

[41:42] the Democratic candidates and the

[41:44] Republican ticket. Among other things,

[41:47] it's time to pass a patience bill of

[41:48] rights

[41:50] to use the budget surface to pay down

[41:52] the debt inferentially not to cut taxes.

[41:57] and she

[41:59] seemed especially eager to underscore as

[42:02] she put it we are a stronger better

[42:04] country to be than we were in 1992.

[42:08] Bob Shver on the podium. What's your

[42:09] take on Hillary's speech and this

[42:12] interesting bit of timing cuz now the

[42:15] president's speech is going to run much

[42:17] later in the evening than we have been

[42:19] told it would. Well, my take on the

[42:21] speech, Dan, is that she made the oblig

[42:24] obligatory endorsement of Gore and

[42:28] Lieberman, but basically this was, I

[42:30] think, a stump speech of somebody who is

[42:33] running for the United States Senate in

[42:35] New York. And uh for one reason or

[42:38] another, she gets to do it in prime time

[42:40] when the networks are on the air.

[42:42] Perhaps that would have happened had she

[42:44] not been the president's wife. Uh had

[42:47] not been the president's wife. But in

[42:48] any case, she is the president's wife,

[42:50] and she did get a prime spot on this

[42:53] convention floor. She did take one

[42:55] little jab at George Bush. You know, he

[42:58] often talks about leaving no child

[43:00] behind. Uh she says that basically she

[43:03] thought of it first. She says when she

[43:04] worked at the Children's Defense Fund,

[43:06] that was her trademark, leave no child

[43:09] behind. But basically, I think this was

[43:11] a a speech, Dan, about Hillary Clinton's

[43:14] Senate campaign. Ed Bradley's on the

[43:16] floor in a darkened hall, but we go to

[43:18] him for some reaction. Ed.

[43:20] >> Well, Dan, this was a very wellreceived

[43:22] speech on the floor. The delegates

[43:24] clearly loved her. I was struck by her

[43:27] mo mood at the beginning of the speech

[43:29] in contrast to both Laura Bush and Coen

[43:31] Pal at the Republican convention where

[43:33] they tried to quiet the delegates so

[43:35] that they could get on with the speech

[43:36] and get off uh before that 11:00 hour.

[43:40] She clearly enjoyed that moment and

[43:42] Saber didn't live with it. And as Bob

[43:43] said, she touched all of the bases that

[43:45] she needs to in running for her campaign

[43:48] for the New York Senate. She talked

[43:49] about those things that have been

[43:50] important to her about child care and

[43:53] children and education. And the thing

[43:55] that I remembered as she said to us this

[43:56] morning, Dan, that there are people out

[43:59] there who really don't like them, who

[44:01] don't like her. None of those people are

[44:03] in this hall. They really liked her and

[44:04] like that speech. Ed Bradley on the

[44:06] floor. Gloria Boures with us here in the

[44:08] booth. Gloria, your take on this speech?

[44:10] Well, I think it was a gracious speech

[44:11] in many ways in which she thanked the

[44:13] American public for supporting her in

[44:15] good times and in bad. But I also uh

[44:19] agree with Bog Schiffer who said that

[44:21] this was clearly a campaign speech. This

[44:23] was not a woman who was planning to

[44:25] leave the public stage uh anytime soon.

[44:27] She reminded us that she had had a

[44:29] health care plan and that as she said,

[44:31] she hadn't given up on health care. She

[44:33] reminded us of her own work on behalf of

[44:35] children. And those are two issues that

[44:37] she is continuing to talk about in her

[44:40] uh New York Senate race. So while she

[44:42] did say goodbye uh as first lady, it was

[44:44] very clear she was also trying to talk

[44:47] to us as a Senate candidate.

[44:48] >> Gloria Bourju. In a moment, President

[44:51] Clinton addresses this convention for

[44:53] the last time as leader of the

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[48:04] At least a mildly interesting

[48:06] development here at the Democratic

[48:07] National Convention on its first night.

[48:09] Hillary Clinton, for whatever reason,

[48:11] slipped on the schedule, which ensured

[48:13] that she gets prime time coverage across

[48:16] the board. Now, President Clinton will

[48:18] be appearing shortly. What's happening

[48:20] in the hall now, they're showing one of

[48:21] these, one can only call it propaganda

[48:24] films, the history of Bill Clinton is

[48:26] told to Hans Christian Anderson, that

[48:28] sort of spin sort of film. Now, when

[48:30] that ends, there will be the entrance of

[48:33] President Clinton into this hall. And

[48:34] what President Clinton is going to try

[48:36] to do, he will paint a completely a

[48:39] drastically different picture of the

[48:41] last eight years than the one that was

[48:44] painted by George W. Bush and Dick

[48:46] Cheney, the Republican ticket in

[48:48] Philadelphia. What he will attempt to do

[48:51] is get people to remember the

[48:52] accomplishments of the Clinton Gore team

[48:55] as he sees them over the last years.

[48:57] Gloria Bourge is here in the anchor

[48:59] booth with me. Gloria, this puts the

[49:02] president now in a position to command

[49:04] much more time on opening night than the

[49:06] Republicans got.

[49:07] >> Yeah, I I think it doesn't. I think

[49:09] they're probably well aware of that. I I

[49:11] think they want the president to make

[49:12] the case for Al Gore that when they

[49:15] started in office 8 years ago, things

[49:17] weren't terrific. And I think what the

[49:19] president is going to do, Dan, is he's

[49:21] going to remind voters where we were

[49:23] eight years ago. He's going to take us

[49:25] through those eight years and say,

[49:27] "Okay, folks, George Bush says we

[49:29] squandered those eight years." He's

[49:30] going to say, "I don't think we did. In

[49:32] fact, we made a lot of progress." And

[49:34] who better to say that than Bill

[49:36] Clinton.

[49:37] >> Indeed. And Gloria, I think you'll

[49:38] agree, if you don't by all means say so.

[49:41] It'd be hard to remember any political

[49:44] candidate who believed stronger than

[49:46] Bill Clinton over the years, that in the

[49:48] end, when it gets right down to voting,

[49:50] people vote their pocketbooks.

[49:52] Keep in mind that he took the presidency

[49:54] in 1992 basically saying it's the

[49:57] economy stupid and staying on message

[49:59] the whole time. I'd be surprised if he

[50:01] doesn't do that here tonight.

[50:02] >> Right. And and the problem uh that Al

[50:04] Gore has had quite frankly is that he

[50:06] has not been getting credit for the

[50:08] prosperity in this country. And I think

[50:10] that is also the case that Bill Clinton

[50:12] is going to make tonight to say that

[50:14] this administration does deserve some of

[50:16] the credit for the prosperity and that

[50:18] you should you should pay attention to

[50:20] Al Gore for that very reason.

[50:22] >> Bourju. Well, here in the anchor booth

[50:23] we've put up now time to shut up. The

[50:25] next moment will be the entry of a

[50:28] two-term President of the United States,

[50:31] Bill Clinton, into this hall. Let's

[50:33] watch and listen and get the moment.

[50:45] The film ends. The crowd's on his feet

[50:52] backstage.

[50:55] It is familiar by this time alone.

[51:02] Heat.

[51:08] Heat.

[51:32] The president of the United States

[51:33] walking to the podium knowing that what

[51:36] he says over the next half hour or

[51:38] longer time may very well decide whether

[51:41] Al Gore is the next president of the

[51:43] United States or not.

[52:03] Ladies and gentlemen, the president of

[52:06] the United States

[52:22] Heat

[52:24] up

[52:33] here.

[52:48] Heat

[52:51] up here.

[53:13] Heat up

[53:14] here.

[53:37] Heat

[53:42] up here.

[53:59] Thank you very much. Thank you.

[54:03] Thank you.

[54:05] Thank you.

[54:08] Thank you.

[54:10] Thank you.

[54:14] Thank you.

[54:18] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[54:25] Thank you.

[54:31] Thank you.

[54:38] Isn't it great to be here in California

[54:40] together?

[54:45] 40 years ago,

[54:48] 40 years ago, the great city of Los

[54:50] Angeles launched John Kennedy in the new

[54:53] frontier.

[54:55] Now, Los Angeles is launching the first

[54:57] president of the new century, Al Gore.

[55:08] I come here tonight

[55:10] above all

[55:12] to say a heartfelt thank you.

[55:17] >> Thank you.

[55:19] Thank you for giving me the chance to

[55:21] serve.

[55:23] Thank you for being so good to Hillary

[55:25] and Chelsea.

[55:27] I am so proud of them.

[55:30] >> And didn't she give a good talk? I

[55:32] thought it was great.

[55:36] I thank you

[55:39] for supporting the new democratic agenda

[55:41] that has taken our country to new

[55:43] heights of prosperity, peace, and

[55:45] progress. As always, of course, the lion

[55:49] share of the credit goes to the American

[55:51] people who do the work, raise the kids,

[55:54] and dream the dreams.

[55:57] Now

[55:58] at this moment of unprecedented good

[56:01] fortune,

[56:02] our people face a fundamental choice.

[56:06] Are we going to keep this progress and

[56:09] prosperity going?

[56:11] >> Yes, we are.

[56:17] But

[56:20] my friends,

[56:22] >> we can't take our future for granted.

[56:26] We cannot take it for granted.

[56:30] >> So, let's just remember how we got here.

[56:35] >> Eight years ago,

[56:37] when our party met in New York, it was

[56:39] in a far different time for America. Our

[56:43] economy was in trouble. Our society was

[56:45] divided. Our political system was

[56:48] paralyzed.

[56:50] 10 million of our fellow citizens were

[56:51] out of work. Interest rates were high.

[56:55] The deficit was $290 billion and rising.

[56:59] After 12 years of Republican rule, the

[57:02] federal debt had quadrupled, imposing a

[57:06] crushing burden on our economy and on

[57:08] our children. Welfare roles, crime, teen

[57:12] pregnancy, income inequality, all had

[57:15] been skyrocketing. And our government

[57:17] was part of the problem, not part of the

[57:20] solution.

[57:21] I saw all this in a very personal way in

[57:25] 1992

[57:26] out there in the real America with many

[57:29] of you. I remember a child telling me

[57:33] her father broke down at the dinner

[57:34] table because he lost his job. I

[57:37] remember an older couple crying in front

[57:39] of me because they had to choose between

[57:41] filling their shopping carts and filling

[57:44] their prescriptions. I remember a

[57:46] hardworking immigrant in a hotel kitchen

[57:49] who said his son was not really free

[57:52] because he wasn't safe for him to play

[57:55] in the neighborhood park.

[57:58] I ran for president to change the future

[58:01] for those people.

[58:11] And

[58:13] I ask you to embrace new ideas rooted in

[58:16] enduring values, opportunity for all,

[58:20] responsibility from all, and a community

[58:22] of all Americans.

[58:25] You gave me the chance to turn those

[58:27] ideas and values into action after I

[58:30] made one of the very best decisions of

[58:33] my entire life, asking Al Gore to be my

[58:36] partner.

[58:44] Now,

[58:46] first

[58:48] we propose a new economic strategy. Get

[58:51] rid of the deficit to reduce interest

[58:53] rates. Invest more in our people. Sell

[58:57] more American products abroad. We sent

[59:00] our plan to Congress. It passed by a

[59:03] single vote in both houses. In a

[59:07] deadlocked Senate, Al Gore cast a

[59:10] tiebreaking vote.

[59:13] Now,

[59:16] now,

[59:19] not a single Republican supported it.

[59:23] Here's what their leader said. Their

[59:25] leaders said our plan would increase the

[59:28] deficit, kill jobs, and give us a

[59:30] one-way ticket to a recession.

[59:33] Time has not been kind to their

[59:35] predictions.

[59:42] Now,

[59:45] now

[59:48] remember,

[59:51] you remember our Republican friends said

[59:54] then they would absolutely

[59:57] not be held responsible for our economic

[60:01] policies. I hope the American people

[60:04] take them at their word.

[60:22] Now,

[60:24] today,

[60:27] today, after 7 and 1/2 years of hard

[60:30] effort, we're in the midst of the

[60:32] longest economic expansion in history.

[60:35] more than 22 million new jobs, the

[60:37] lowest unemployment in 30 years, the

[60:39] lowest female unemployment in 40 years,

[60:42] the lowest Hispanic and African-American

[60:45] unemployment rate ever recorded, and the

[60:47] highest home ownership in history.

[60:52] Now

[60:55] along the way

[60:58] along the way in 1995 we turned back the

[61:02] largest cuts in history in Medicare,

[61:04] Medicaid, education and the environment.

[61:06] And just two years later we proved that

[61:09] we could find a way to balance the

[61:11] budget and protect our values. Today we

[61:14] have gone from the largest deficits in

[61:16] history to the largest surpluses in