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[0:26] >> CNN, America's campaign headquarters.
[0:37] The long awaited hour for these
[0:39] Democratic delegates is here at their
[0:41] first night session.
[0:44] >> First, Hillary Rodm Clinton not leaving
[0:46] the spotlight. Then, President Clinton
[0:49] in one of the most important speeches of
[0:51] his life.
[0:54] Tonight from Los Angeles, the 43rd
[0:58] Democratic National Convention.
[1:00] The Party of Jackson and Roosevelt is
[1:03] back in the city that launched the 1960
[1:05] campaign of John F. Kennedy. For 5,000
[1:09] conventioners, the task is tradition,
[1:12] nominating candidates for president and
[1:14] vice president of the United States. But
[1:17] their goal is transition. A transfer of
[1:20] the White House key is won by Johnson,
[1:23] Carter, and Clinton to yet another
[1:26] Democratic son of the South. Now, from
[1:29] the Staple Center in Los Angeles, here
[1:32] are CNN's Bernard Shaw, Judy Wood, and
[1:35] Jeff Greenfield.
[1:38] Seldom has William Jefferson Clinton
[1:40] worked so long and so hard on a speech
[1:43] he is prepared to deliver tonight.
[1:45] >> He's given longer speeches, his staff
[1:47] says. In fact, we were just talking to
[1:49] Leon Petta, who's going to be joining us
[1:50] a little bit later. And he said, "Well,
[1:52] I'm happy to be up here with you all."
[1:54] He said, "But in a way, I'd like to be
[1:55] over there on the stage telling him to
[1:57] get off when he has to get off."
[1:59] >> It's really symbolic of of a of a larger
[2:02] point. I think that this president from
[2:04] the time he was a candidate would stay
[2:05] and talk to people, as he would put it,
[2:07] till the last dog died. His staff would
[2:09] literally have to drag him out of halls
[2:11] because he believed if he talked to
[2:12] every person in America, sooner or later
[2:14] he could persuade them. Tonight, his job
[2:16] is to persuade the country to turn to
[2:20] his vice president, Al Gore, and in
[2:22] effect give him the third term that the
[2:24] 22nd amendment forbids him from seeking.
[2:27] >> And in a in a in a way this is a kind of
[2:30] State of the Union address,
[2:33] all the particulars.
[2:34] >> Well, we know we know already, Judy and
[2:36] Bernie, that the president is going to
[2:38] list in detail some of the
[2:40] accomplishments. He's going to tell us
[2:41] about the prosperity and why specific
[2:44] programs of his help make this
[2:46] prosperity the longest in American
[2:47] history. And the argument is going to be
[2:48] if you wanted to continue Al Gore and
[2:50] Julie
[2:51] >> and the point of that much of that is to
[2:53] defend the Democrats defend his
[2:54] administration against the onslaught
[2:56] that was delivered at the Republican
[2:58] convention when point after point from
[3:00] Dick Cheney and George W. Bush was you
[3:03] know they we had their chance they had
[3:05] their chance eight years they have not
[3:07] led we will heard the refrain. I think
[3:09] you're going to well I don't think
[3:10] because we know I mean these ex excerpts
[3:12] were given to us. The argument is going
[3:14] to be much like George Bush tried to say
[3:16] about the end of the Cold War when he
[3:17] said that Soviet communism didn't fall
[3:20] it was pushed. President Clinton's going
[3:21] to say about the economy it didn't
[3:23] happen by accident. It wasn't just a
[3:25] force of nature. We helped make it
[3:27] happen with our programs. And that's why
[3:30] when the Republicans tell you not to
[3:33] worry about prosperity, you have to ask
[3:35] where they were when we were building
[3:36] this prosperity. That's the centerpiece
[3:38] of their argument economically.
[3:40] >> Our correspondent Frank Sno down on the
[3:42] floor with Labor Secretary Alexis Herman
[3:45] and some questions. Frank.
[3:47] >> Well, we are down here on the floor now
[3:49] with Alexis Herman, the labor secretary
[3:51] responding and discussing some concern
[3:53] that were that was expressed earlier
[3:55] today regarding Joseph Lieberman on the
[3:57] part of the um many of the
[3:58] African-American delegates who were
[4:00] attending this convention specifically
[4:01] over his position on affirmative action
[4:04] and the discussion that took some took
[4:05] place some time ago. you are being
[4:07] dispatched as well as others to set the
[4:09] record straight. First, what is the
[4:10] nature of the concerns?
[4:12] >> The nature of the concern essentially
[4:14] has to do with a language that was a
[4:17] part of the dialogue on mend it uh don't
[4:19] end it here in California, but we are
[4:22] intending to let everyone know that Joe
[4:23] Lieberman has been very solid on the
[4:25] whole issue today of affirmative action.
[4:27] He supported the president's position of
[4:29] men it don't end it. So, you have been
[4:32] dispatched along with others to set this
[4:33] record straight because you're
[4:35] concerned. What?
[4:36] >> Those of us who know Joe Lieberman know
[4:38] that he has a strong civil rights
[4:40] history. We know that he's had very
[4:42] solid votes in the United States
[4:44] Congress in support of the affirmative
[4:46] action programs and we believe it's
[4:48] important to get that information out to
[4:50] get the record out. So, Elna Holmes
[4:52] Nordon, John Lewis, many of us are
[4:55] communicating with our delegates so that
[4:57] they know what a terrific leader Joe
[4:58] Lieberman is. Is it not the case though
[5:00] that when Ward Connorly, an
[5:02] African-American himself here in
[5:03] California, uh called and organized the
[5:07] proposition that would end affirmative
[5:08] action in the state, that Joe Lieberman
[5:10] did in fact express at least interest in
[5:12] it?
[5:13] >> I think what Joe Lieberman said was when
[5:15] he read the language, the language on
[5:17] the surface seemed uh not to be
[5:19] inappropriate because if you will
[5:21] remember, the language talked about
[5:23] embracing equal opportunity for all
[5:25] Americans. On the surface, it sounded
[5:27] very good, but on a closer review and a
[5:30] closer examination of what the full
[5:32] intent and impact was, it was not
[5:34] something that Senator Lieberman ended
[5:36] up embracing. In fact, he supported the
[5:38] president's position of mend it, don't
[5:40] end it.
[5:42] >> That is where the confusion lies.
[5:43] >> We're hearing elsewhere that Lieberman
[5:44] will address uh congressional black
[5:47] members or black members of this
[5:48] convention tomorrow. Joe Leman will be
[5:50] addressing the uh black caucus delegates
[5:52] here at this convention tomorrow and I
[5:54] believe that he will speak directly to
[5:56] his record to the fact that he marched
[5:58] with Dr. King uh as a part of the 63
[6:01] march that he has been very strong and
[6:03] very solid on opening up opportunities
[6:05] for all Americans.
[6:07] >> Alexa, thanks very much. More uh from
[6:10] the floor then Gene Missouri.
[6:12] >> I'm here now with Congressman Mel Watt
[6:14] of North Carolina. You were a
[6:15] participant in this meeting this
[6:17] afternoon. How did the subject of Mr.
[6:18] Lieberman's record on affirmative action
[6:20] come up?
[6:21] >> Uh, a press person raised it. Uh, and
[6:25] uh, it was not uh, a big deal as far as
[6:28] I'm concerned. I mean um,
[6:30] >> what was the response of the panel when
[6:32] this was raised?
[6:33] >> There was no response other than that we
[6:36] thought Lieberman compared to Cheney uh,
[6:40] is like the difference between uh, day
[6:43] and night. uh uh and then uh I tried to
[6:46] turn the discussion back to the primary
[6:49] purpose of the meeting, but uh there was
[6:51] no confrontation of any kind.
[6:53] >> Do you have problems with his record on
[6:54] affirmative action?
[6:56] >> Uh no, I don't I I don't know that he
[6:58] has a a record on affirmative action.
[7:01] He's taken a position expressing concern
[7:03] about affirmative action, but uh if I
[7:06] started listing if I started listing all
[7:08] the things I had problems with Dick
[7:10] Cheney about, I'd be here the rest of
[7:12] the day. So, I don't know why this
[7:14] becomes a big issue at this point. Um um
[7:18] our vice presidential nominee uh is is
[7:23] completely satisfactory on 90 95% of the
[7:27] issues. And I don't know why this uh is
[7:29] being made an issue by any press people,
[7:32] which seems to me to be what this is all
[7:34] about at this point.
[7:35] >> Is Mr. Lieberman going to come and
[7:37] address the Black Caucus tomorrow?
[7:39] >> I have no idea. I'm not the chair of the
[7:41] Black Caucus. I'm sure he'll be invited
[7:43] and I'm sure he'll accept the
[7:45] invitation. Um, but um I don't know when
[7:49] that will happen.
[7:50] >> Now watch. Thanks so much for joining us
[7:52] from North Carolina. Back now to the
[7:53] booth.
[7:55] >> It is interesting that there may be uh
[7:58] African-American delegates here who
[7:59] haven't been satisfied yet with regard
[8:01] to Joe Lieberman's record.
[8:03] >> This is not a monolithic group of
[8:05] delegates. Delegates in the hall. We in
[8:08] our booth. Everybody is watching the
[8:10] clock because we're talking about prime
[8:12] time. Jeff,
[8:13] >> well, we remember how the Republican
[8:15] party ran its convention as though it
[8:17] were a moonshot to the second. Even
[8:19] George W. Bush was off the air at 11:00.
[8:23] They have attempted to put Hillary and
[8:25] then Bill Clinton into prime time when
[8:26] the broadcast network's cover ending at
[8:28] 11:00 when many people begin to go to
[8:31] sleep. Well, we now are told that
[8:32] Hillary Rodm Clinton will speak at at
[8:34] about 18 minutes after the hour, which
[8:37] is about 12 to 15 minutes later. And
[8:40] that is going to push her husband's
[8:42] speech at least 15 minutes past prime
[8:46] time if he if he speaks for as little as
[8:48] he's supposed to, which the president
[8:50] has almost never done in his life.
[8:52] >> And Judy, we haven't calculated
[8:54] demonstrations, nor have we calculated
[8:55] applause.
[8:57] >> Well, they tried. They may be banking on
[9:00] the fact that Bill Clinton has been
[9:01] known to hold an audience in his
[9:03] lifetime. Uh but but we'll see how far
[9:07] that can be tested. John King, you are
[9:09] down on the floor.
[9:10] >> That's right, Judy. Great anticipation
[9:12] down here. First for the first lady,
[9:13] then for the president. Many of the
[9:15] whips down here on the floor have been
[9:17] complaining that the program is running
[9:18] late. Some of them even being critical
[9:20] of the fact that early on, you'll
[9:21] remember, perhaps we didn't show them on
[9:23] our air, but when we had many guests,
[9:25] there were long musical interludes at
[9:26] which there was no action on the podium.
[9:28] Now, the program running a good 30
[9:30] minutes or so behind. Looks like the
[9:32] president could slip way back. He'll
[9:33] certainly keep the attention of those in
[9:35] this hall. But his most important
[9:37] audience is the audience watching around
[9:38] the nation as he tries to rebut the Bush
[9:41] speech to the Republican National
[9:42] Convention, offer his endorsement of
[9:44] Vice President Al Gore. The president
[9:46] certainly running late here as we get
[9:47] closer to the first lady. It'll be fine
[9:50] inside the hall. The question is how
[9:51] will it affect the Democratic campaign
[9:53] and the strategy to convey the message
[9:55] of this president to the American
[9:56] people?
[9:57] >> John, any indication that the convention
[10:00] planners might just say to the senators,
[10:04] please let's stop. Let's continue this
[10:06] maybe tomorrow, but let's get the first
[10:08] lady and the president on prime time.
[10:11] >> Now Bernie, it appears they're going
[10:12] straight through the program. We do know
[10:13] in the earlier discussion you had
[10:15] Governor Jean Shaheen of New Hampshire,
[10:17] Governor Gary Lockach of Washington in a
[10:19] discussion with working people, the real
[10:21] people this convention wants to beam
[10:22] around the country. We know they were
[10:24] told to try to speed it up, but that
[10:26] program took quite a bit of time, too.
[10:28] Hard to speed it up when you want to
[10:29] speak to each of the individuals on the
[10:31] program. They don't want to insult any
[10:33] of them. Again, though, the Democrats
[10:34] wandering off their program. That's not
[10:36] unusual at Democratic conventions.
[10:38] happens quite frequently, but on opening
[10:40] night, it means the president's speech
[10:41] will run well past 11:00 on the east
[10:43] coast.
[10:44] >> John King, just one other question. Uh,
[10:46] we know at the Republican convention,
[10:48] uh, there's no question that the George
[10:50] W. Bush campaign was calling the shots.
[10:53] To what extent is the Al Gore campaign
[10:56] calling the shots here at this
[10:58] convention?
[10:58] >> Oh, the Al Gore campaign is in complete
[11:00] charge at this convention. All of the
[11:02] senior officials at the convention, most
[11:04] of them came out of the DNC or
[11:05] Democratic organizations around the
[11:07] country, but only with the explicit
[11:08] approval of the Gore campaign. They are
[11:10] in charge of the podium just as the Bush
[11:12] campaign was in charge of the podium.
[11:14] They're just not keeping as disciplined
[11:15] as schedule.
[11:16] >> All right.
[11:17] >> And on that podium, Wolf Blitzer,
[11:19] >> Bernie, I just saw Terry McAuliff. He's
[11:21] the chairman of this convention. He was
[11:23] obviously very upset because he said to
[11:25] his words, they're running about 12
[11:26] minutes behind schedule. That may not
[11:28] seem like a big deal. As we point out to
[11:30] a lot of viewers out there, a lot of
[11:32] people out there, it's a huge deal here
[11:34] if in fact they go beyond the 11:00 p.m.
[11:36] Eastern time zone. They've they've been
[11:39] very anxious all along to try to keep it
[11:41] within this prime time without 11 11:00.
[11:44] If you can see me over here standing in
[11:46] this uh aisle, the first lady will be
[11:49] walking through here momentarily after
[11:51] she's introduced by Barbara Mcowski. Uh
[11:53] and as she walks by, maybe she'll stop
[11:55] and say hello. We'll see.
[11:57] And uh Judy and Jeff, do you suppose
[12:00] that George McGovern is either in the
[12:02] hall or watching this and saying to Bill
[12:04] Clinton, "I feel your pain." I think
[12:06] >> his speech was about around sunrise
[12:08] semester. When we come back, while we
[12:10] wait for action inside the hall, we are
[12:12] going to go outside the hall for report
[12:13] on the demonstrations. in a minute.
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[14:44] For months, Los Angeles has been
[14:47] concerned about the issue of
[14:48] demonstrators. How many? How peaceful?
[14:50] Right now, we're going to go to our
[14:52] Martin Savage, who is with protesters
[14:54] outside Staple Center. Martin,
[14:56] >> Jeff, we're located on a platform that
[14:57] is over the official demonstration area
[15:00] just outside about 100 ft away from the
[15:02] front doors of the Staple Center. On
[15:05] stage in the background now is a rock
[15:07] group performing that is called Rage
[15:08] Against the Machine. That group was
[15:10] formed in this city in 1991. It's a
[15:13] combination of punk rock, rap music, and
[15:16] other forms of heavy metal. It's also a
[15:19] rock group that performs music that's
[15:21] very heavily motivated both from the
[15:23] political scene and from the activist
[15:25] scene. Many of those people in the
[15:27] background have been involved in the
[15:28] political demonstrations that have been
[15:30] forming in this city for the past few
[15:31] days. You can hear and perhaps even see
[15:34] they have the ability in a crowd very
[15:36] riled up and that is the concern for
[15:39] police officers. There is a very heavy
[15:41] presence of police force from the LAPD
[15:44] here. The area is surrounded on three
[15:46] sides by a 12t high fence and cement
[15:50] barriers. So it is very very secure from
[15:54] the way it looks. Now the concern for
[15:57] the Secret Service, the concern for the
[15:59] police department is if anything should
[16:01] change. So far, it has been very
[16:03] peaceful. I say that ironically with the
[16:05] noise in the background, but the
[16:06] demonstrations have for the most part
[16:08] been peaceful. There were about six
[16:10] arrests today. World Trade Anti World
[16:12] Trade Organization protest that took
[16:14] place earlier were feared could have
[16:16] some consequences. They did not
[16:18] materialize. And apparently all those
[16:21] protesting here have cooperated with the
[16:23] idea right now to stay away from civil
[16:25] disobedience. and they are very
[16:27] concerned about how this concert goes
[16:29] tonight and especially how it may end.
[16:32] Jeff,
[16:34] >> thank you. Martin, at this point at
[16:36] least, we're not talking about Chicago
[16:37] 1968 in any way, shape, or form. We want
[16:39] to make clear that that crowd is large,
[16:42] but so far uh peaceful,
[16:44] >> but a real mixture of motives here. I
[16:46] mean, all the way from, you know,
[16:48] anti-poverty that the administration
[16:50] ought to be doing more for poor people
[16:51] to protesting, as they did today, uh, Al
[16:54] Gore's connections and stock investments
[16:56] in accidental petroleum. I mean, it's
[16:59] it's across the spectrum,
[17:00] >> including the World Trade Organization.
[17:02] >> Um, in fact, one of the groups here has
[17:04] been uh protesting meat. Um, they are
[17:08] people who want meat tax because they
[17:10] think it is unhealthy food and is
[17:11] harmful to animals. It is very much like
[17:13] the Seattle protests in the sense that
[17:14] there is no one cause that brings them
[17:17] unlike say the antivietnam protests
[17:19] where it was the war the war the war
[17:20] >> and there was some speculation I think
[17:22] that after Philadelphia maybe Los
[17:24] Angeles would also not fizzle but just
[17:27] be smaller but people kept saying you
[17:29] don't know Southern California there are
[17:31] a lot of people here uh every every
[17:33] group from the the ones you mentioned
[17:35] and you mentioned all the way to the
[17:36] anarchists who uh may or may not decide
[17:39] they want to step outside the bound
[17:41] boundaries of what the police have said
[17:43] they can do.
[17:44] >> What's interesting is part of the
[17:45] backdrop to all this was the
[17:46] demonstrators going to a federal judge
[17:49] and getting a court order which in
[17:51] effect enabled the demonstrators to be
[17:53] moved closer to the Staples arena. And
[17:56] to show you the concern, uh, one of my
[17:59] friends talked with a a group of
[18:01] laborers on Saturday whose job it was to
[18:03] make sure that bricks in the pavement
[18:05] were were secured because of the fear
[18:08] that well, maybe some of the more
[18:10] radical demonstrators would pull bricks
[18:11] up and start to throw them. There's no
[18:13] question that this is a much more
[18:14] apprehensive city than Philadelphia was
[18:16] at.
[18:16] >> No question. and I'm a gardener. And my
[18:19] heart went out to the shrubs and the
[18:22] saplings that were taken up, pulled out
[18:24] of the ground because police feared they
[18:26] might be used as weapons.
[18:28] >> They're gone, but the city says it'll
[18:30] replant them.
[18:33] >> We're going to go down to the floor
[18:34] right now. We mentioned a minute ago
[18:36] they're running behind. Let's see what's
[18:37] going on at the podium.
[18:39] >> GORE AND GET ASSAULT WEAPONS OFF THE
[18:41] STREETS OF AMERICA.
[18:51] California
[18:52] Senator, senior Senator Diane Feinstein.
[18:56] >> Do we really think sensible gun laws
[19:00] >> just about wrapping up what uh tonight
[19:02] has been a tribute to the nine to the
[19:06] Democratic women in the United States
[19:08] Senate
[19:09] >> and the other senator from California,
[19:11] Barbara Boxer, will be along very very
[19:13] shortly. and she will be introducing
[19:18] >> very nearly first lady Hillary Rodm
[19:21] Clinton and the president continues
[19:23] waiting in the wings.
[19:25] >> Barbara Boxer is has a relation by
[19:28] marriage to uh Hillary Rodm Clinton's
[19:30] family and I think that may have been
[19:31] one of the reasons for the introduction
[19:33] but it really brings to mind Will Rogers
[19:36] famous quote I'm a member of no
[19:38] organized party I'm a Democrat. If the
[19:40] Republicans were running 15 to 20
[19:42] minutes behind on the opening day of
[19:43] their convention,
[19:45] I shudder to think what would happen to
[19:46] the poor operative responsible for it.
[19:48] >> It would be a painful punishment.
[19:51] >> On this crowded convention floor, Candy
[19:54] Cruy has a New Yorker.
[19:56] >> I do, Bernie, but I tell you, it wasn't
[19:57] easy getting to him. Senator Charles
[19:59] Schumer, thanks for joining us. Uh,
[20:01] you're awaiting someone you hope will
[20:03] join you in the Senate.
[20:04] >> I sure do, and I think this is going to
[20:07] be a great speech. She asked me this
[20:09] morning what she should do. We've talked
[20:10] about it before. I said, "I have three
[20:12] words of advice. Issues, issues,
[20:14] issues." Where Hillary Clinton
[20:16] predominates over Rick Lazio. After all,
[20:19] the Sturman Drang is simple. On issues,
[20:21] she's much closer to New York working
[20:24] families, putting prescription drugs and
[20:26] Medicare, making college tuition tax
[20:28] deductible, getting a handle on energy
[20:30] and gasoline prices. She talks to the
[20:33] average family.
[20:34] >> But she's also, as you know, not a New
[20:37] Yorker. How much does it hurt to have
[20:39] her in LA out here with a sort of a
[20:41] national uh podium as opposed to back in
[20:45] New York?
[20:45] >> Any politician would give their right
[20:47] arm to address the convention in prime
[20:49] time.
[20:50] >> Now, Rick Lazio said he didn't want to
[20:51] do it.
[20:52] >> I think Hillary Clinton's got more to
[20:54] say than Rick Lazio. She can use it as a
[20:57] great opportunity or squander it. If she
[20:59] talks about issues, talks to the average
[21:01] New Yorker and what she's going to do to
[21:04] make their lives better, it's a home run
[21:06] for her. One, one last one. Who uh who
[21:09] wins by how much? Two words.
[21:10] >> Hillary 2%.
[21:12] >> Okay, let's go back to the booth.
[21:15] >> And we're interrupting uh the
[21:17] conversation there with Charles Schumer
[21:18] to show you the Democratic women in the
[21:21] United States Senate. Seven of them, if
[21:23] I'm not mistaken,
[21:25] >> and a couple who want to join them,
[21:26] including Debbie Stabinau, who's a
[21:28] congresswoman from Michigan running
[21:29] against Spencer Abraham. And as you
[21:31] might have heard, Hillary Rodm Clinton,
[21:33] >> the one in the blue suit we see standing
[21:35] uh standing right there on the edge of
[21:37] the stage. I think somebody's explaining
[21:38] to her why she's a little bit later on
[21:40] the program than she was supposed to be.
[21:43] >> And Maryland's Barbara Mowski will
[21:45] actually introduce the first lady. I
[21:47] misspoke, saying that Barbara Boxer
[21:49] would do it.
[21:50] >> I believe Barbara Mcowsky may be the
[21:52] senior woman serving in the United in
[21:56] the Senate. So perhaps that's
[22:02] And
[22:05] my friends,
[22:07] WE WILL HAVE MORE DEMOCRATIC women in
[22:11] the United States Senate,
[22:19] including a woman, a very special woman
[22:24] who has dedicated her life to being an
[22:27] advocate for for children, a fighter for
[22:30] healthc care for all Americans, a voice
[22:33] for women at home and around the world.
[22:36] Right now, SHE'S THE FIRST lady of the
[22:39] United States.
[22:49] and and in November, she'll be the first
[22:54] lady ever to be the first woman FROM THE
[22:58] STATE OF NEW YORK, HILLARY Rodm Clinton.
[23:12] Heat.
[23:27] Heat.
[23:35] Heat.
[23:48] Heat.
[24:08] Mrs. Clinton was approaching the uh
[24:10] stage over here. I asked her if she was
[24:12] excited. I said, "You must be very
[24:13] excited." She said, "I am. I am so
[24:15] excited." And then she proceeded to
[24:16] walk. She's now at the podium. She's
[24:18] about to speak to this very excited
[24:20] crowd with all these Hillary signs right
[24:22] here.
[24:37] Heat up here.
[24:54] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank
[24:58] you.
[25:06] Thank you.
[25:09] Thank you so very much.
[25:16] Thank you.
[25:20] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH and thanks to
[25:24] Senator McCowski
[25:27] and all the women senators.
[25:33] Thank you. THANK YOU. Thank you.
[25:43] Let me thank all of you.
[25:47] Let me thank you.
[25:50] And let me thank all of our Democratic
[25:53] women senators who brought their vital
[25:56] voices and their fresh perspectives to
[26:00] our public life. It is so great to be
[26:03] here with all of you and with my mother
[26:06] and my family and to see so many old
[26:09] friends. And thank you. Thank you for
[26:12] supporting my husband whose visionary
[26:15] leadership and hard work led America
[26:19] into the 21st century.
[26:23] We are
[26:26] We are a stronger, better country than
[26:30] we were in 1992.
[26:37] You know,
[26:39] when Bill and Al and Tipper and I got on
[26:43] that bus after the 1992 convention, we
[26:47] began a journey that took us into the
[26:50] heartland of America. Along the way, we
[26:54] saw faces of hope, but also faces of
[26:58] despair. Fathers out of work, mothers
[27:01] trapped on welfare, children with unmet
[27:05] medical needs. I remember a group of
[27:08] children holding a sign that said,
[27:11] "Please stop. If you give us 8 minutes,
[27:14] we'll give you eight years." And we did
[27:17] stop. And we did listen. And what an
[27:21] eight years it has been.
[27:30] I am
[27:33] I am so proud to stand here at this
[27:38] extraordinary moment, the most peaceful,
[27:42] prosperous, promising time in our
[27:45] nation's history. Now, how can we
[27:49] continue America's progress? by electing
[27:53] El Gore and Joe Lieberman the next
[27:55] president and vice president of the
[27:58] United States.
[28:09] YOU KNOW,
[28:11] even even before he was vice president,
[28:16] I admired Al for his leadership in the
[28:18] Senate, his understanding of the future,
[28:22] his pioneering efforts to fight
[28:24] environmental threats that affected our
[28:27] children, his work with Tipper to
[28:30] promote responsible parenting, and what
[28:33] great parents the two of them are. I've
[28:36] watched him as Bill's trusted partner in
[28:39] the White House. Together, they made the
[28:43] hard decisions to renew our nation's
[28:47] economy and our national spirit to
[28:50] advance democracy and defend freedom
[28:54] around the world. And I can't wait until
[28:58] we watch Al Gore take the oath of office
[29:02] on January 20th, 2001.
[29:12] And standing next to him
[29:16] will be his wonderful wife and my dear
[29:19] friend who inspires us through her work
[29:22] for the homeless and her advocacy on
[29:25] behalf of mental health. Tipper Gore
[29:28] will make a great first lady
[29:37] and the country
[29:40] the country has seen again Al Gore's
[29:43] leadership in his choice of Joe
[29:45] Lieberman. I first I first met Joe
[29:51] 30 years ago when Bill and I were law
[29:55] students. We saw then what America sees
[29:59] now. A person of uncommon wisdom and
[30:03] integrity. I admire Joe's work to reduce
[30:07] the violence in our media and I
[30:09] appreciate his steadfast support for a
[30:13] woman's right to choose.
[30:19] man.
[30:22] With him
[30:25] is his remarkable wife, Hadasa, the
[30:28] immigrant daughter of Holocaust
[30:30] survivors. Their story tells our
[30:33] children that in America, no dream is
[30:36] beyond our reach. You know, in 1992,
[30:40] Bill and Al promised to put people
[30:43] first. That simply meant that when
[30:47] people live up to their
[30:49] responsibilities,
[30:50] we ought to live up to ours and give
[30:53] them the tools and opportunities they
[30:56] need to build better lives. That's the
[30:59] basic bargain at the heart of the
[31:02] American dream. From a stronger economy
[31:05] to more Americans attending college to a
[31:08] cleaner environment, Bill Clinton and Al
[31:11] Gore have put people first. And not only
[31:14] that, they put children first as well.
[31:24] More children lifted out of poverty.
[31:28] More children receiving Head Start,
[31:31] child care, and afterchool care. More
[31:35] children than ever getting immunized
[31:37] against disease. More children whose
[31:40] parents can take family and medical
[31:43] leave to care for them. And more
[31:45] neglected and abused foster children
[31:49] being adopted into loving permanent
[31:51] homes. children like Diana, who came to
[31:56] a White House ceremony I held
[31:58] spotlighting the needs of children in
[32:01] foster care, just 12 years old, not much
[32:05] younger than Chelsea at the time. She
[32:07] spent most of her life moving from house
[32:10] to house. She was so shy she could
[32:13] barely look up as she spoke of her
[32:16] longing for a home and family of her
[32:20] own. As I listened, I thought, how can
[32:23] we let any child grow up in our country
[32:27] without a secure and loving home? I
[32:31] worked with a bipartisan coalition to
[32:34] help double the number of foster
[32:36] children adopted. And when the president
[32:39] signed the new adoption law, I thought
[32:41] of the first foster child I represented
[32:44] back when I was in law school. I thought
[32:47] of what my own mother went through in
[32:50] her life as a child born to teenage
[32:53] parents who couldn't take care of her.
[32:55] And when she was eight, she and her
[32:57] little sister were sent alone on a train
[33:00] across the country to stay with
[33:01] relatives. At 14, she went to work
[33:04] caring for a family's children. And
[33:08] fortunately, her employer was a kind
[33:10] woman who saw her true worth and showed
[33:14] her what a loving family was really
[33:16] like. And I thought of Diana, whom I
[33:20] have seen blossom into a beaming,
[33:23] confident young woman because caring
[33:26] parents open their hearts and home to
[33:29] her. She finally had what every child
[33:33] needs, a family that puts her first. And
[33:37] for me, that's what it's all about.
[33:40] Years ago, when I worked for the
[33:43] Children's Defense Fund, we had a
[33:46] trademark, leave no child behind. And
[33:51] we've made great progress in the last
[33:54] eight years,
[34:00] but
[34:03] we still have a lot of work to do.
[34:07] Because when a child can't go to school
[34:10] without fearing guns and violence,
[34:13] that's a child left behind. When a
[34:16] child's illness is not treated because a
[34:19] hard-working parent can't afford health
[34:22] insurance, that's a child left behind.
[34:26] And when a child struggles to learn in
[34:29] an overcrowded classroom, that's a child
[34:32] left behind.
[34:34] Don't let anyone tell you this election
[34:38] doesn't matter. The stakes in November
[34:42] are biggest for the littlest among us.
[34:45] What will it take to make sure no child
[34:48] in America is left behind in the 21st
[34:52] century? It takes responsible parents
[34:55] who put their own children first. It
[34:58] takes all of us, teachers and workers
[35:00] and business owners and community
[35:02] leaders and people of faith. And you
[35:05] know, I still believe it takes a
[35:07] village. And it certainly takes Al Gore
[35:11] and Joe Lieberman.
[35:15] They have what it takes and they'll do
[35:18] what it takes,
[35:26] you know. Over
[35:28] the last eight years, I've talked with
[35:31] mothers and fathers on front porches and
[35:35] factory floors and in hospital wards,
[35:38] and I've seen firsthand the joys and
[35:41] anxieties that parents feel when it
[35:44] comes to our children. I remember a
[35:46] teacher with tears in her eyes because
[35:49] she had the only textbook in the
[35:52] classroom. It's time to give all our
[35:56] students the chance to succeed in the
[35:58] new economy by modernizing our schools,
[36:02] setting high standards, and hiring more
[36:04] qualified teachers.
[36:07] I've held the hands of mothers and
[36:10] fathers who've lost their children to
[36:14] gun violence. It's time to honor their
[36:18] pain by passing common sense gun safety
[36:22] laws that keep guns out of the hands of
[36:25] children and criminals.
[36:32] I've listened
[36:34] I've listened to parents distressed
[36:37] about a culture that too often glorifies
[36:40] violence. Why can't all of us, including
[36:43] the media, give parents more control
[36:47] over what their children see on TV, in
[36:50] the movies, on the internet, and in
[36:52] video games. I've met mothers and
[36:55] fathers who are working full-time in
[36:59] fast food restaurants and supermarket
[37:02] checkout lines and other tough jobs, but
[37:05] they're still poor. It's time to make
[37:08] the basic bargain work for all Americans
[37:12] by raising the minimum wage, enforcing
[37:14] tough child support laws, and
[37:17] guaranteeing equal pay for equal work.
[37:30] And everywhere I go, I've heard from
[37:34] doctors and nurses who every day see
[37:37] children with illnesses that could have
[37:40] been treated earlier if their parents
[37:43] had been able to afford health
[37:45] insurance. Now, you may remember I had a
[37:48] few ideas about health care, and I've
[37:51] learned a few lessons since then, but I
[37:54] haven't given up on the goal. And that's
[37:57] why we kept working step by step to
[38:01] ensure millions of children through the
[38:04] children's health insurance program.
[38:12] And that's why it's time to pass a real
[38:17] patients bill of rights and provide
[38:19] access to affordable health care to
[38:22] every child and family in this country.
[38:29] But we'll never accomplish what we need
[38:31] to do for our children if we burden them
[38:34] with a debt they did not create.
[38:37] Franklin Roosevelt said that Americans
[38:40] of his generation had a rendevous with
[38:43] destiny. Well, I think our generation
[38:46] has a rendevous with responsibility.
[38:49] It's time to protect the next generation
[38:53] by using our budget surplus to pay down
[38:56] the national debt, save Social Security,
[38:59] modernize Medicare with a prescription
[39:02] drug benefit, and provide targeted tax
[39:05] cuts to the families that need them most
[39:17] at this moment. moment.
[39:20] At this moment of great potential, let's
[39:24] not squander our children's futures.
[39:28] Let's elect leaders who will leave no
[39:31] child behind. Leaders who don't just
[39:34] talk the talk, but walk the walk.
[39:38] Leaders like Al Gore and Joe Lieberman.
[39:50] You know,
[39:52] the other day, Bill and I were looking
[39:55] at pictures of our daughter
[39:58] from 8 years ago when this journey
[40:01] began. It's been an amazing eight years
[40:04] for Chelsea, too. And we want to thank
[40:07] the American people for giving her the
[40:10] space to grow. Bill and I are closing
[40:15] one chapter of our lives and soon will
[40:19] be starting a new one. For me, it will
[40:23] be up to the people of New York to
[40:25] decide whether I'll have the privilege
[40:28] of serving them in the United States
[40:30] Senate.
[40:40] But
[40:44] but I will always
[40:47] I will always be profoundly grateful to
[40:50] all of you and to the American people
[40:53] for the last eight years.
[40:56] Really the most important thing that I
[41:00] can say tonight
[41:02] is thank you. Thank you for giving me
[41:05] the most extraordinary opportunity to
[41:09] work here at home and around the world
[41:12] on the issues that matter most to
[41:15] children, women, and families. Thank you
[41:19] for your support and faith in good times
[41:23] and in bad. Thank you from the bottom of
[41:27] my heart for the honor and blessing of a
[41:31] lifetime.
[41:32] Good night and God bless you all. Thank
[41:36] you very very much.
[42:02] Hillary Rodm Clinton, the first first
[42:04] lady to seek public office by seeking
[42:07] election to the United States Senate,
[42:09] thanking these delegates, thanking the
[42:11] American people for giving her these
[42:13] opportunities. She's described
[42:16] she's finished. Her husband is yet to
[42:18] come and the Democrats are behind
[42:19] schedule. John King, you're down on the
[42:21] floor.
[42:22] >> That's right, Judy. As the first lady
[42:24] was speaking, I spoke to several
[42:25] convention planners towards the back of
[42:27] the hall listening to her speech and
[42:29] they acknowledged that White House
[42:30] officials and some others involved in
[42:32] planning the convention had voiced
[42:34] concerns that the program was running
[42:36] too long. They wanted the president on
[42:37] by 10:00 tonight. They were assured he
[42:39] would be on early in the 10:00 hour.
[42:41] Obviously, they have not met that
[42:43] schedule.
[42:46] We built our country with their optimism
[42:49] and their prayers.
[42:51] A story of immigrants who dare to dream
[42:53] of what their lives and their children's
[42:56] lives, why we might someday become
[43:01] a story of a land where even a boy from
[43:03] a small town in Arkansas
[43:05] could hope to one day someday
[43:09] help make those.
[43:10] >> This film produced by the Democratic
[43:12] National Committee is intended to
[43:14] introduce the president to these
[43:16] delegates. When the lights go back up,
[43:19] we'll no doubt see him at the podium.
[43:22] >> Clinton has been shot, stabbed, and
[43:24] electrocuted.
[43:25] >> On election eve, the polls show Clinton
[43:27] has bottomed out. An editor of a New
[43:29] Hampshire newspaper calls Clinton toast.
[43:32] >> I think we know enough to say with some
[43:34] certainty that New Hampshire tonight has
[43:38] made Bill Clinton THE COMEBACK
[43:40] CANDIDATE.
[43:42] BILL CLINTON IS NOMINATED AS THE
[43:45] CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR
[43:47] PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION.
[43:53] ALEN, I want to liberate you from the
[43:55] raw deal of the last 12 years.
[44:01] When the history of this campaign is
[44:02] written, they may say, "Well,
[44:05] >> Bill Clinton took a lot of hits in this
[44:06] campaign.
[44:08] The hits that I took in this election
[44:10] are nothing compared to the hits that
[44:12] the people of this state and this
[44:13] country are taking every day of their
[44:15] lives under this administration. Shining
[44:18] star for you to see what you're
[44:27] Thomas Jefferson believed that to
[44:28] preserve the very foundations of our
[44:30] nation, we would need dramatic change
[44:33] from time to time.
[44:35] Well, my fellow Americans, this is our
[44:38] time. We've got to turn our country
[44:40] around economically, person by person,
[44:43] family by family, town by town.
[44:47] By the end of the decade, the deficit
[44:49] will be $635 billion a year. We inherit
[44:53] an economy that is weakened by business
[44:56] failures, stagnant wages, increasing
[44:59] inequality. President Clinton
[45:02] has not stepped away from the American
[45:04] dream.
[45:05] >> The other day on the front page of our
[45:07] paper, big article about an 11year-old
[45:09] child planning her funeral. These are
[45:12] the hymns I want sung. This is a dress I
[45:14] want to wear. I know I'm not going to
[45:16] live very long. That is not the freedom.
[45:18] The freedom to die before you're a
[45:19] teenager is not what Martin Luther King
[45:22] lived and died for. This is the
[45:24] president.
[45:26] These are your people.
[45:29] We are white and black, Asian and
[45:31] Hispanic, Christian and Jew and Muslim.
[45:34] But above all, we are still Americans.
[45:37] What you have done is demonstrated to a
[45:40] watching and often
[45:42] weary and cynical world.
[45:46] That good can overcome evil.
[45:49] That love can outlast hate.
[45:53] That the light of human life can shine
[45:55] on through the most terrible darkness.
[46:02] the current and next president of the
[46:04] United States, President Bill Clinton.
[46:16] Because we have acted, millions of
[46:18] children will be able to get medicine
[46:19] and have their sight and hearing tested
[46:21] and see dentists and doctors for the
[46:23] first time. We have cleaned up more
[46:25] toxic waste dumps. The deficit has gone
[46:28] down. All four years we cut crime with a
[46:31] 100,000 community police and the Brady
[46:35] law because we have acted millions of
[46:37] young Americans will be able to go on to
[46:39] college. My fellow Americans, the state
[46:42] of our union is the strongest it has
[46:45] ever been.
[46:54] Roger. We have the field in sight.
[46:59] From Belfast to Jerusalem, American
[47:01] leadership has helped Catholics and
[47:03] Protestants, Jews and Arabs, walk the
[47:06] streets of their cities with less fear
[47:07] of bombs and violence.
[47:11] From Courageous Serbo, the brave men and
[47:13] women of our armed forces are working to
[47:15] stand down aggression and stand up for
[47:18] freedom.
[47:21] It is time for us to say that it is no
[47:24] longer acceptable to discuss women's
[47:27] rights as separate from human rights.
[47:32] True faith.
[47:36] In my travels as president, I've been
[47:39] touched by the ability that America has
[47:42] to fire the imagination, lift the hopes,
[47:45] and stiffen the spines of freedom loving
[47:48] people everywhere.
[47:50] My fellow Americans,
[47:52] tonight, for the first time in 79 days,
[47:55] the skies over Yugoslavia are silent.
[47:58] The 1 million men, women, and children
[48:00] driven from their land are preparing to
[48:02] return home. We have a profound trust in
[48:05] your resolve and your leadership so
[48:07] powerfully demonstrated again this year
[48:10] in Kosovo. I believe the extraordinary
[48:13] victory in Kosovo has been
[48:16] underestimated.
[48:18] I have had the privilege of
[48:20] being a friend of presidents since late
[48:22] president Eisenhower. But on the subject
[48:24] of peace, I have never known someone
[48:28] with your dedication,
[48:30] clearheadedness,
[48:32] focus, and determination. Few leaders
[48:37] of the United States
[48:40] have such a feeling for the position of
[48:44] the black people and the minorities and
[48:48] the disabled in this country.
[48:52] History will record that few have worked
[48:56] more tirelessly or more effectively than
[48:59] the president of the United States to
[49:02] prevent the breakdown of the peace
[49:04] process. You should have seen the way he
[49:07] was received by the general assembly or
[49:10] the not of nation. The applause
[49:14] was spontaneous and overwhelming. If you
[49:17] look at the American economy, you look
[49:19] at the respect with which America is
[49:21] held right around the world today. If
[49:23] you look at the standing in authority of
[49:25] the president, it's a pretty impressive
[49:27] record for anyone.
[49:29] >> That is the man,
[49:32] my friend.
[49:35] who I respect so much.
[49:40] >> As my chapter in the White House comes
[49:42] to a close, America's story is far from
[49:45] over. It's a dazzling, brave, improbable
[49:49] story, and each of us is blessed to have
[49:51] played a part in it. Hillary, Chelsea,
[49:54] and I are as a today by the majesty of
[49:56] America and the simple grandeur of the
[49:59] White House as we were the first day we
[50:01] arrived.
[50:03] It's been an interesting, exhilarating,
[50:06] challenging, sometimes fun, and always
[50:09] rewarding journey. One that began 8
[50:11] years ago in a place called Hope and led
[50:14] us not only to peace, but to the longest
[50:17] period of prosperity in the life of this
[50:19] country. I am humbled by our people's
[50:22] greatness, and perhaps even more
[50:24] important, by your goodness. The stars
[50:27] have never shone more brightly on any
[50:29] nation anywhere at any time.
[50:32] To be alive at this moment, to call
[50:34] ourselves America, is an honor few are
[50:37] given and all of us share. As I leave
[50:41] this great office, I believe the only
[50:43] things we have yet to achieve are the
[50:45] things we have yet to dream.
[51:06] Heat
[51:12] up here.
[51:36] Heat
[51:38] up
[51:41] here.
[51:48] Heat
[52:01] up
[52:04] here.
[52:15] Heat.
[52:27] Heat.
[52:43] Heat.
[52:52] Heat.
[53:10] Heat
[53:15] up
[53:17] here.
[53:26] Heat. Heat.
[53:58] Heat
[53:59] up here.
[54:20] Thank you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Thank
[54:22] you.
[54:25] Thank you.
[54:27] Thank you.
[54:29] Oh, thank you.
[54:32] Thank you.
[54:36] Thank you.
[54:40] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[54:47] Thank you.
[54:50] Thank you.
[54:53] Thank you.
[54:55] Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
[55:00] ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE HERE IN CALIFORNIA
[55:02] TOGETHER?
[55:06] 40 years ago,
[55:10] 40 years ago, the great city of Los
[55:12] Angeles launched John Kennedy in the new
[55:15] frontier.
[55:17] Now, Los Angeles is launching the first
[55:19] president of the new century, Al Gore.
[55:30] I come here tonight
[55:32] above all
[55:34] to say a heartfelt thank you.
[55:39] >> Thank you.
[55:41] Thank you for giving me the chance to
[55:43] serve.
[55:45] Thank you for being so good to Hillary
[55:47] and Chelsea.
[55:49] I am so proud of them.
[55:52] >> And didn't she give a good talk? I
[55:54] thought IT WAS GREAT.
[55:58] I THANK you
[56:00] for supporting the new democratic agenda
[56:03] that has taken our country to new
[56:05] heights of prosperity, peace, and
[56:07] progress. As always, of course, the lion
[56:11] share of the credit goes to the American
[56:13] people who do the work, raise the kids,
[56:16] and dream the dreams.
[56:19] Now
[56:20] at this moment of unprecedented good
[56:23] fortune,
[56:24] our people face a fundamental choice.
[56:28] Are we going to keep this progress and
[56:31] prosperity going?
[56:33] >> Yes, we are.
[56:39] But
[56:42] >> my friends,
[56:44] >> we can't take our future for granted.
[56:48] We cannot take it for granted.
[56:51] >> So, let's just remember how we got here.
[56:56] >> Eight years ago,
[56:59] when our party met in New York, it was
[57:01] in a far different time for America. Our
[57:05] economy was in trouble. Our society was
[57:07] divided. Our political system was
[57:10] paralyzed.
[57:11] 10 million of our fellow citizens were
[57:13] out of work. Interest rates were high.
[57:17] The deficit was $290 billion and rising.
[57:21] After 12 years of Republican rule, the
[57:24] federal debt had quadrupled, imposing a
[57:28] crushing burden on our economy and on
[57:30] our children. Welfare roles, crime, teen
[57:34] pregnancy, income inequality, all had
[57:37] been skyrocketing. And our government
[57:39] was part of the problem, not part of the
[57:42] solution.
[57:43] I saw all this in a very personal way in
[57:46] 1992
[57:48] out there in the real America with many
[57:50] of you. I remember a child telling me
[57:54] her father broke down at the dinner
[57:56] table because he lost his job. I
[57:59] remember an older couple crying in front
[58:01] of me because they had to choose between
[58:03] filling their shopping carts and filling
[58:06] their prescriptions. I remember a
[58:08] hardworking immigrant in a hotel kitchen
[58:11] who said his son was not really free
[58:14] because he wasn't safe for him to play
[58:17] in the neighborhood park.
[58:20] I ran for president to change the future
[58:23] for those people.
[58:33] And
[58:35] I ask you to embrace new ideas rooted in
[58:38] enduring values, opportunity for all,
[58:42] responsibility from all, and a community
[58:44] of all Americans.
[58:47] You gave me the chance to turn those
[58:49] ideas and values into action after I
[58:52] made one of the very best decisions of
[58:55] my entire life, asking Al Gore to be my
[58:58] partner.
[59:06] Now,
[59:08] first
[59:10] we proposed a new economic strategy. Get
[59:13] rid of the deficit to reduce interest
[59:15] rates. invest more in our people, sell
[59:18] more American products abroad. We sent
[59:22] our plan to Congress. It passed by a
[59:25] single vote in both houses. In a
[59:29] deadlocked Senate, Al Gore cast a
[59:32] tiebreaking vote.
[59:34] Now,
[59:38] now,
[59:41] not a single Republican supported it.
[59:44] Here's what their leaders said. Their
[59:47] leaders said our plan would increase the
[59:49] deficit, kill jobs, and give us a
[59:52] one-way ticket to a recession.
[59:55] Time has not been kind to their
[59:57] predictions.
[60:03] Now,
[60:07] now
[60:10] remember,
[60:13] you remember our Republican friends said
[60:16] then they would absolutely
[60:19] not be held responsible for our economic
[60:23] policies. I hope the American people
[60:26] take them at their word.
[60:44] Now
[60:46] today,