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[0:00] There is nothing you can't do with this,

[0:01] folks. You jump

[0:11] >> Welcome back to Madison Square Garden.

[0:13] Bernie Shaw and I are up in the anchor

[0:15] booth to bring you all of the events

[0:17] this evening, but an event going on

[0:18] outside the garden, a bit of news from

[0:20] the Perot campaign. One of his co-chair,

[0:23] Ed Rollins, who broke a few ties with

[0:24] the Republican Party to join up with

[0:26] Ross Perot, has now resigned from the

[0:29] campaign. Word from some of the Clinton

[0:31] supporters, a bit of glee as to this

[0:33] news. Out of Washington, the Bush

[0:35] administration described it as a

[0:36] meltdown within the Perot campaign. We,

[0:39] of course, will continue to cover that

[0:41] and get reactions from the Perot people

[0:43] as that comes in, but now let's check in

[0:45] with Bernie Shaw.

[0:46] >> Thank you, Catherine. Chairman of the

[0:48] Democratic National Committee party, Ron

[0:50] Brown, is here.

[0:52] Coasting on 3 hours of sleep, average.

[0:55] Mr. Chairman, tactically, in terms of

[0:57] this three-way race,

[1:00] what does this hit internally in the

[1:02] Perot campaign tell you?

[1:04] >> Well, the first vote on Ross Perot was

[1:06] cast today. It was cast by Ed Rollins,

[1:08] and the vote was no.

[1:10] I think it continues to raise questions

[1:12] about the candidacy of Ross Perot. If

[1:14] you can't hold your top people in your

[1:16] own campaign, how can you run the

[1:18] government? Those are legitimate

[1:20] questions that ought to be asked and

[1:21] ought to be answered.

[1:22] >> What does your gut instinct tell you

[1:25] about the possibility that Ross Perot

[1:27] might not run?

[1:29] >> I just don't know the answer to that,

[1:30] Bernie. I've said from the the very

[1:32] beginning that I expected that his

[1:33] candidacy would peak and then begin to

[1:36] to slide. I think there were a lot of

[1:37] people enamored with him initially

[1:39] because he was talking about change.

[1:41] It's one thing to talk about change.

[1:43] It's another thing to make change

[1:44] happen. The American voters want change.

[1:47] Fully 2/3 of them don't want George Bush

[1:50] to be reelected president. We know

[1:51] George Bush cannot possibly be a a

[1:53] credible candidate of change. He's the

[1:55] epitome of the status quo. There's

[1:57] nothing in Ross Perot's background to

[1:59] indicate that he can make government

[2:00] work, that he can be a coalition

[2:02] builder, that he can work with the

[2:03] legislative branch of government. But,

[2:05] there is a lot in Bill Clinton's

[2:06] background that show that he can do it,

[2:08] that he can be a a constructive agent

[2:10] for change, that he can make things

[2:11] happen, that he can make government

[2:13] work. And I think that's a big advantage

[2:14] we're going to have in the fall

[2:15] campaign.

[2:16] >> But, haven't you

[2:19] and hasn't Bill Clinton

[2:21] together, haven't you relished having

[2:23] the idea of the spectre of Ross Perot

[2:25] running interference, chipping away at

[2:29] Bush-Quayle?

[2:30] >> Well, I must admit it's been kind of

[2:31] interesting to

[2:33] to take a look back at

[2:36] internecine warfare between two

[2:37] Republicans, Ross Perot and George Bush.

[2:40] They

[2:41] have been They've been going after each

[2:42] other tooth and nail trying to

[2:44] decapitate one another while there's

[2:46] been one candidate talking about the

[2:48] real problems of real people and how to

[2:49] solve them, and that's been Bill

[2:50] Clinton.

[2:50] >> Well, I know you've loved this.

[2:52] But, what if Perot withdraws from the

[2:54] playing field and there's just Bill

[2:56] Clinton standing in the crosshairs of

[2:59] George Bush and Dan Quayle?

[3:01] >> Well, I We always knew it was going to

[3:02] be a tough race, whether it's a

[3:03] two-person race or a three-person race.

[3:05] We're prepared for it either way.

[3:07] We think we're ready to run the kind of

[3:09] general election campaign that's going

[3:10] to make Bill Clinton the next president

[3:11] of the United States. He embodies the

[3:13] kinds of ideals and values that average

[3:15] working men and women care about. He's

[3:17] speaking to those ideals and values

[3:19] every day. That's what this convention

[3:21] is all about, and that's why I'm so

[3:22] optimistic about November.

[3:24] >> I don't see them on you. Your pockets

[3:26] aren't bulging, but you've been carrying

[3:27] brass knuckles around this convention

[3:29] hall all week.

[3:31] Jerry Brown, what's the latest? When

[3:34] does he speak? How much time?

[3:35] >> He's going to speak tonight. He's going

[3:36] to speak for about 20 minutes. Jerry

[3:38] Brown and I had a a very good, positive

[3:41] conversation yesterday. He indicated to

[3:44] me that that he wanted to use the time

[3:46] that's always been available to him. It

[3:48] is not true that there was any question

[3:50] about Jerry Brown speaking. There's

[3:51] always been a a time slot available to

[3:54] him and that is the time slot that would

[3:56] be used to put his name into nomination.

[3:58] Uh he told me yesterday that he wanted

[3:59] to take the time then. I indicated that

[4:01] my preference would be for him to

[4:04] endorse the ticket and say he was going

[4:05] to support the ticket and work for it in

[4:07] the fall. And if he did that, we would

[4:09] arrange another time, uh probably more

[4:11] to his liking during the schedule. Uh he

[4:14] said that for now he wanted to stick

[4:15] with the time that he was entitled to

[4:17] under the rules. I said, "Fine." I

[4:19] reiterated once again that we really

[4:21] want him inside and not outside. We want

[4:23] his help in the fall campaign. Most

[4:24] importantly, uh we want those Americans

[4:26] who have been attracted to his candidacy

[4:28] to support the one credible candidate

[4:30] change who can make a difference and

[4:31] that's Bill Clinton.

[4:32] >> Ron Brown, what you have just intimated

[4:34] is that Jerry Brown intimated, if not

[4:36] indeed told you directly, that at this

[4:38] moment he is not going to endorse your

[4:40] man.

[4:40] >> No, he didn't say that at all. As a

[4:41] matter of fact, what he said to me was

[4:42] very

[4:43] >> you intimated.

[4:44] >> Well, he said he said to me something

[4:45] very encouraging. He said that he

[4:47] certainly did not want George Bush to be

[4:49] reelected and he couldn't imagine

[4:50] supporting a billionaire Texas

[4:52] businessman. And I said, "Jerry, that

[4:54] just leaves one choice." And that choice

[4:56] is clearly Bill Clinton. I expect Jerry

[4:58] Brown to endorse, whether he does it

[5:00] tonight or not, I'm not sure, but I

[5:01] expect him to work for the ticket. Jerry

[5:03] Brown has been a good solid Democrat all

[5:05] of his life, not only all of his adult

[5:07] life, comes from a good Democratic

[5:08] family, embodies the ideals and

[5:10] principles of the Democratic Party. I

[5:12] expect him to be with us in the fall and

[5:13] we need him with us.

[5:14] >> One last question, you know, for we

[5:16] journalists, Catherine, myself, and all

[5:18] of the CNN news team, it's been very

[5:20] difficult sniffing around this hall,

[5:22] indeed this city, trying to come up with

[5:24] news about you Democrats.

[5:26] I know for a fact that Governor Mario

[5:28] Cuomo is angry, angry,

[5:31] that your shop, the Democratic National

[5:33] Committee, released the text of his

[5:36] speech. He doesn't like that. He is

[5:37] really hot.

[5:38] >> We didn't release anything. Nobody knows

[5:40] where it came from.

[5:42] There's nothing that I would want to see

[5:44] happen to have Mario Cuomo angry about

[5:46] anything. He's my dear friend. I've

[5:47] known him for a long time. As you know,

[5:49] we had good conversations about him

[5:51] playing the role of nominating a Bill

[5:53] Clinton. We're very glad that he's doing

[5:55] it. I'm sorry that it is out. I don't

[5:57] know how it got out. We're trying to

[5:58] look into it now. We have no indication

[6:00] that it came came from the operation

[6:02] here at the convention hall. But

[6:04] >> You're going to crack some heads.

[6:05] >> Well, that's what we're going to do if

[6:06] necessary. Frankly, no need to crack

[6:08] heads when you've got party unity, when

[6:10] you have us focused on winning a general

[6:12] election campaign. I couldn't be more

[6:14] pleased with the way the convention is

[6:15] going. We're sending out I think a clear

[6:17] message to the American people that

[6:19] we're ready to govern.

[6:20] >> Thank you very much for joining us,

[6:22] Katherine.

[6:23] >> One primary contender who was certainly

[6:24] with Bill Clinton and in fact was on his

[6:26] vice presidential short list, Senator

[6:28] Bob Kerrey of Nebraska. He has taken the

[6:30] podium. Let's listen.

[6:32] >> United States Senator

[6:35] a one-legged veteran of the Vietnam War

[6:40] a single parent of two teenage children

[6:45] and a man who became a Democrat in 1978

[6:49] because I do not believe the Republican

[6:52] Party gives a damn about the American

[6:54] people.

[7:01] I also come

[7:04] I also come before you tonight

[7:07] as a soldier of change

[7:09] to enlist in the campaign of Bill

[7:11] Clinton and Al Gore

[7:13] for President and Vice President of the

[7:15] United States of America.

[7:19] I do this out of deep conviction

[7:23] that their service to this country will

[7:25] dramatically change and improve the

[7:28] lives of the American people.

[7:31] I am also here to say

[7:34] we had better realize this is an

[7:36] election unlike any in the history of

[7:38] America.

[7:40] It's an election which may be remembered

[7:43] as the time Americans change the way

[7:46] they elect their president.

[7:48] Like few other times in our history,

[7:51] there is a groundswell in this country

[7:54] of public opinion that cuts across party

[7:57] lines like a revolutionary war cry.

[8:01] Americans no longer trust their

[8:04] government.

[8:05] They have heard too many promises

[8:09] from too many politicians

[8:11] too many times.

[8:14] They have heard it all.

[8:17] They have heard it all and they can dish

[8:19] it back again to our in our face faster

[8:22] than we can give it to them.

[8:24] They have good reason

[8:26] to be angry.

[8:28] And unless we commit ourselves to

[8:31] totally regaining that trust,

[8:34] we do not deserve to have it.

[8:38] In my campaign for the presidency, I

[8:41] learned that as troubled as Americans

[8:43] are about these and other economic and

[8:46] social problems,

[8:48] the most difficult problem in our

[8:49] country, the overreaching message that

[8:52] comes through when you listen to

[8:54] Americans respond to other presidential

[8:57] candidates like Governor Brown of

[8:59] California, the overreaching

[9:06] the overreaching

[9:08] message

[9:13] The overreaching message is that they

[9:15] have lost faith in their government.

[9:18] They simply do not believe

[9:21] that government is there for them

[9:22] anymore.

[9:24] And I am sad to say too often, they are

[9:27] right.

[9:28] Too often we as Democrats ignore that

[9:33] government sometimes merely becomes a

[9:35] government of tax spend,

[9:37] pork barreling, entitlements, and waste.

[9:40] Too often we over promise and under

[9:44] deliver.

[9:45] The American people are tired of being

[9:47] lied to.

[9:49] They are starving for honesty from their

[9:51] elected officials.

[9:53] And I am convinced in 1992

[9:56] that the American people want a new

[9:58] start.

[10:00] The past three presidential campaigns,

[10:04] Republicans have asked the American

[10:05] people, "Are you better off today than

[10:08] you were four years ago?"

[10:12] In the past, many Americans have

[10:15] answered yes

[10:16] because it appeared their share of the

[10:18] American dream would be greater than

[10:20] they ever expected.

[10:23] But something happened on the way to

[10:24] supply-side utopia.

[10:27] The wealth

[10:28] which was promised to all

[10:30] fell into the hands of the few.

[10:33] Ask the question now, Mr. Bush.

[10:36] Ask some of the jobless who have been

[10:38] told they were laid off

[10:40] when in fact they were laid out by an

[10:42] army of Wall Street merger artists and

[10:45] con men who have stripped out the equity

[10:48] from some of our oldest and strongest

[10:50] industries and crippled their ability to

[10:53] compete.

[10:54] Ask those tens of thousands of Perot

[10:57] supporters

[10:58] who are flocking behind a guy just

[11:01] because he isn't one of us.

[11:04] Just because he isn't a politician.

[11:08] This phenomenon is symbolic of a country

[11:11] saying, "We are not going to do it in

[11:14] the old way anymore."

[11:17] The message

[11:21] The message is that fundamental change

[11:24] must occur.

[11:26] Perot's biggest challenge

[11:29] will be to stay out front of the

[11:30] citizens who hold him up as a symbol of

[11:33] their anger and frustration.

[11:36] In the end,

[11:37] he will be run over.

[11:39] He will cave in and his candidacy will

[11:42] go away.

[11:44] But I tell you tonight the restless

[11:46] souls behind that candidacy will not go

[11:50] away.

[11:51] And if we as Democrats

[11:53] don't have the courage

[11:55] to rewrite the rules as to how this

[11:58] country is governed, they'll find

[12:00] somebody who will.

[12:09] All

[12:11] All the American people want

[12:14] All the American people want is the

[12:16] truth, Mr. President. We don't need a

[12:19] level playing field. We just need to

[12:23] know what we are up against and then

[12:25] we'll level that playing field.

[12:30] The historian Barbara Tuckman wrote of

[12:32] the March of Folly

[12:34] about those who stubbornly and

[12:36] wooden-headedly persist in a course long

[12:39] after it has failed.

[12:41] The past four years have been George

[12:44] Bush's March of Folly.

[12:47] He is a president who now clings to

[12:49] power but has no larger purpose.

[12:52] A president whose only important

[12:55] domestic program is his own re-election.

[12:59] As the nation's spirit goes down, he

[13:03] acts like the commander-in-chief

[13:05] of the Titanic.

[13:07] We are losing a dollar on every item we

[13:10] sell and President Bush still believes

[13:13] we can make it up with volume.

[13:16] Well, I'm convinced that this year we

[13:18] will put an end

[13:20] an end

[13:21] to the long reactionary March of Folly

[13:24] that began with supply-side economics

[13:28] and ended this year with a triple-dip

[13:30] recession.

[13:32] It is time for progress again.

[13:35] For a government that is

[13:36] community-building,

[13:38] job-creating,

[13:39] life-enriching,

[13:41] and world-exploring.

[13:43] It's time for us to stand up for our own

[13:46] workers and farmers. It's time to export

[13:50] their products, not their livelihoods.

[13:53] It's time to insist that if we can

[13:56] defeat and save the nation of Kuwait,

[14:00] then we can and must save America's

[14:03] cities.

[14:05] We are here tonight

[14:08] We are here tonight

[14:10] about to select Bill Clinton as our

[14:12] nominee.

[14:14] And I tell you that in the primaries,

[14:18] in the primaries, I watched Bill Clinton

[14:21] take the heat

[14:22] and stand up to it again and again.

[14:26] I saw his strength as he weathered the

[14:29] storm.

[14:31] I can tell you that Bill Clinton is

[14:33] genuine.

[14:34] He is committed to earning the respect

[14:37] and the trust of the American people.

[14:39] And he has a real vision for this

[14:42] country.

[14:44] I have listened to him describe that

[14:45] vision.

[14:46] It is powerful and moving,

[14:49] rooted in the journey of his own life

[14:52] from a small town in Hope, Arkansas,

[14:54] where his family had little more than

[14:56] that,

[14:57] to an extraordinary governorship to his

[14:59] nomination for the presidency here

[15:01] tonight.

[15:03] Bill Clinton

[15:04] will fight for an America where every

[15:06] child will have that chance.

[15:09] An America where the middle class is

[15:12] expanding and not shrinking.

[15:15] An America where all the artificial

[15:17] barriers are brought down

[15:19] and all the false discrimination are

[15:22] ended.

[15:24] That is the kind of president he will be

[15:27] because that is the kind of person he

[15:30] is.

[15:32] And I believe as well that in the coming

[15:34] years a talented and committed Hillary

[15:37] Clinton will also be a major force for

[15:40] decency, equality, and progress in

[15:43] America.

[15:46] Our campaign as Democrats

[15:49] has been strengthened by the addition of

[15:51] my colleague Senator Gore to the

[15:53] Democratic ticket.

[15:55] Al Gore is a national leader on arms

[15:57] control

[15:59] and an international leader on the

[16:01] environment.

[16:03] After

[16:04] after the almost unbelievable and always

[16:08] humorous years of Dan Quayle

[16:11] Al Gore will res- restore the respect

[16:15] and capacity to the office of the Vice

[16:17] President of the United States.

[16:20] I tell you Americans that compared to Al

[16:24] Gore, Dan Quayle is a shiver looking for

[16:29] a spine to run up.

[16:39] Bill Clinton and Al Gore represent our

[16:41] offering to the American people.

[16:44] And we are proud and excited to have a

[16:46] team that will work to earn back the

[16:48] respect Americans have for their

[16:51] government.

[16:52] When I embarked eight months ago on my

[16:54] race to the White House, I had no idea I

[16:57] would be standing here backing Bill

[17:00] Clinton tonight.

[17:02] I thought he'd be here

[17:04] backing me.

[17:06] So to those supporters who were with me

[17:08] and sustained me, I say thank you.

[17:11] It was a long effort.

[17:13] Not a terribly long effort, but it was a

[17:15] good one.

[17:16] But now for the sake of our great

[17:18] country and all those who seek

[17:21] fundamental change, we must stand

[17:23] together

[17:24] with Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Here, at

[17:27] this convention,

[17:29] let us begin our own march, a march to

[17:32] the White House, and a march to the

[17:34] future.

[17:36] I am just a foot soldier in that march.

[17:39] But I pledge to you and every American

[17:42] in this great country,

[17:44] I will fight with every ounce of my puny

[17:47] body and every minute of my

[17:49] inexhaustible will to make certain that

[17:52] Bill Clinton is elected the next

[17:55] president of the United States of

[17:57] America. Thank you very much.

[18:06] >> Many saw Bob Kerrey's exit from the

[18:07] campaign as quite gracious. That indeed

[18:10] was the tone of the speech we just

[18:11] heard.

[18:11] >> Indeed. Lots to come on our coverage of

[18:14] the Democrats in convention.

[18:16] We will be right back.

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[20:56] >> You're watching gavel-to-gavel coverage

[20:58] of the Democratic Convention on CNN.

[21:16] >> From Madison Square Garden in New York,

[21:18] the site of the Democratic National

[21:19] Convention. Here are CNN's Bernard Shaw

[21:22] and Catherine Crier.

[21:26] >> The Democrats headquartered here, Ross

[21:27] Perot headquartered in Dallas within his

[21:29] campaign, an important announcement.

[21:32] Co-chair Ed Rollins resigned today.

[21:35] >> Yes, indeed, a very interesting

[21:37] disruption in the ranks. One of his two

[21:39] very highly touted campaign managers

[21:41] from the Republican camp, Ed Rollins,

[21:43] resigned today. We have a bit of his

[21:46] remarks.

[21:48] >> I think what it really has come down to

[21:50] as the day-to-day manager of this

[21:51] campaign of of trying to do things that

[21:54] I think are in the best interest of of

[21:56] any candidacy.

[21:58] I only had certain skills and I only had

[22:00] certain thoughts that that I've

[22:02] obviously gained over a variety of of of

[22:05] political experiences. And there's only

[22:07] one way I know to run a campaign and

[22:09] that's that's and I have to give

[22:11] recommendations that I think help the

[22:12] candidate ultimately win.

[22:14] Obviously, there've been differences of

[22:15] opinion not among Mr. Myers, Mr. Luce,

[22:19] Mr. Mr. Jordan and I, but but I think

[22:21] Mr. Perot and I uh

[22:23] uh

[22:24] see two different ways of getting to the

[22:26] presidency and and I think if we would

[22:29] have tried to continue to work them out

[22:31] uh

[22:32] the conflict would have gotten more

[22:33] severe and and I think it's just best

[22:35] that at this point in time that I

[22:37] I step aside, let him run his kind of

[22:39] campaign. He's gotten this far uh

[22:43] without any professionals and and I

[22:45] think that obviously he's going to win

[22:47] it or lose it based on his own instincts

[22:49] and his own message to the American

[22:50] public and the and the efforts of the

[22:51] millions of volunteers that are trying

[22:53] to help him.

[22:55] >> I don't know whether the fish are biting

[22:56] in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, but we're

[22:58] going to switch live to our White House

[22:59] correspondent Mary Tillotson for

[23:01] reaction to this Perot development.

[23:05] >> Bernie, the uh Ed Rollins resignation

[23:07] can only be good news for George Bush

[23:09] supporters. They've been looking for

[23:11] some kind of silver lining in the storm

[23:13] cloud called Ross Perot. They think

[23:15] they're starting to see it. As campaign

[23:17] spokeswoman Corey Clark puts it with

[23:19] just a slight hint of glee, the Rollins

[23:21] resignation is in her words meltdown at

[23:24] the Perot camp. George Bush supporters

[23:26] say it's this sort of disintegration

[23:28] they've been expecting all along because

[23:30] in their opinion Perot is a kind of guy

[23:32] who cannot relinquish enough control to

[23:35] put together a real team for a national

[23:37] campaign. They say he wants to play all

[23:39] the positions himself and that Ed

[23:41] Rollins resignation is an indication of

[23:43] that. If it is truly narrowing to a

[23:46] two-person race between George Bush and

[23:49] Bill Clinton, that still doesn't mean

[23:51] the end of Mr. Bush's problems, most

[23:53] notably an economy that recovers more

[23:55] slowly than anyone wants to see. The

[23:57] president is up here fishing a couple of

[23:59] days with his old friend and political

[24:01] crony Jim Baker. Some Republicans would

[24:04] like to see Mr. Bush bring Baker into

[24:06] the campaign, get him to leave the State

[24:08] Department, but both Baker and the

[24:09] president himself say it's not going to

[24:11] happen. Some Republicans are refusing to

[24:13] accept that as the truth and still think

[24:15] it might. Mary Tillotson, CNN with the

[24:17] Bush campaign live in Jackson Hole,

[24:19] Wyoming.

[24:21] >> Thanks, Mary. And Bernie had a chance to

[24:23] talk to Democratic National Committee

[24:25] Chair Ron Brown, uh Chairman Ron Brown

[24:28] just a moment ago, and we got this

[24:30] reaction from him.

[24:32] >> Well, the first vote on Ross Perot was

[24:34] cast today. It was cast by Ed Rollins,

[24:36] and the vote was no.

[24:38] I think it continues to raise uh

[24:39] questions about the candidacy of Ross

[24:42] Perot. If you can't hold your top people

[24:44] in your own campaign, how can you run

[24:46] the government? Uh those are legitimate

[24:48] questions that ought to be asked, ought

[24:49] to be answered.

[24:51] >> Now, let's go down to the floor. Candy

[24:53] Crowley is in New York.

[24:56] >> Indeed, Bernie. We're in New York. They

[24:57] have a front row seat for what is one of

[25:00] this convention's main event and that

[25:01] will be the nomination of Bill Clinton.

[25:04] It will be given by one of New York's

[25:05] favorite sons, Governor Mario Cuomo.

[25:08] Cuomo is apparently a little upset

[25:11] because a bit of his speech, in fact the

[25:12] entire text of his speech has been

[25:14] released to the press. We're told that

[25:15] he's maybe working around a little of it

[25:17] so that there'll be some surprises.

[25:19] Cuomo has spent much of the past few

[25:21] days trying to play down what this

[25:23] speech will be like. He of course is

[25:25] following in his own shadow. He gave a

[25:27] blockbuster speech in 1984 to the

[25:29] convention in San Francisco. He has

[25:32] become one of the party's best orators

[25:34] and of course that's why he was picked

[25:35] to give this nomination speech for Bill

[25:37] Clinton. However, we have as we said

[25:40] taken a look at this speech and I can

[25:41] tell you that the encore is pretty good.

[25:44] Back to Katherine.

[25:45] >> Well, we're looking forward to it and

[25:47] let's move over to the Golden State of

[25:48] California where Gene Randall is

[25:50] standing by. Gene.

[25:51] >> Katherine, former California Governor

[25:53] Jerry Brown is expected to take the

[25:54] podium here at Madison Square Garden in

[25:56] New York at about 8:00 Eastern time

[25:58] tonight. What he plans to say remains a

[26:00] mystery. Brown has some positive things

[26:02] to say about Bill Clinton today, calling

[26:04] him experienced, a formidable contender,

[26:07] knowledgeable and intelligent, but so

[26:09] far no endorsement. We don't know what

[26:11] he'll say tonight, what kind of message

[26:13] he will deliver. I'm in front of the

[26:15] California delegation as you mentioned.

[26:16] There are an awful lot of Brown

[26:17] supporters here and some of them are

[26:19] handing out buttons. You won't be able

[26:21] to see this, but what it reads is Jerry

[26:23] Brown 96. So, in other words, no matter

[26:26] what Jerry Brown says tonight, this

[26:28] delegation will have more than Bill

[26:30] Clinton on its collective mind. Bernie.

[26:34] >> Gene, you're in California. Let's go up

[26:35] to Montana where Frank Sesno has

[26:38] quartered himself.

[26:40] >> Well, Bernie, adjacent to Montana, not

[26:42] geographically but here on the floor, is

[26:44] Massachusetts. And Massachusetts will be

[26:45] paying close attention to a number of

[26:47] things tonight, among them Paul Tsongas'

[26:50] speech. He is going to be saying,

[26:52] according to those very close to him,

[26:53] that his theme will be carried forth.

[26:55] It's a theme of generational

[26:57] responsibility. He'll be here talking

[26:58] about the deficit and the tough choices

[27:01] that go into fixing it, in his way of

[27:03] thinking. He's going to emphasize that

[27:05] he and Bill Clinton are in total

[27:07] agreement on the social issues and that

[27:09] he had a good time and feels good about

[27:12] the campaign he conducted, one he

[27:14] conducted with integrity and which his

[27:16] aides and and close associates say

[27:18] helped set the tone of this entire

[27:20] campaign season. Not surprising they'd

[27:22] look at it that way from their point of

[27:23] view. But, says one person who knows

[27:26] Paul Tsongas very well, it's a wonderful

[27:29] feeling here tonight, adding,

[27:31] "You don't always have to win."

[27:33] Catherine.

[27:36] >> Thanks, Frank. Let's catch up now with

[27:37] Deborah Potter as she moves across the

[27:39] floor. Deborah?

[27:40] >> Yes, Catherine, there is a staple of

[27:42] Democratic conventions that will be

[27:43] coming our way tonight, and that is

[27:45] nostalgia for the Kennedys. The Kennedy

[27:47] family has been widely represented here.

[27:50] Kennedy children all around the floor,

[27:51] even Oliver Stone, the director of JFK,

[27:54] has been spotted around the floor. But

[27:56] tonight, it is the moment uh that many

[27:58] delegates have been waiting for, those

[28:00] who have been around for quite a while,

[28:02] who remember the days of the Kennedys.

[28:04] They will be seeing tonight a film about

[28:07] Bobby Kennedy, to be introduced by Joe

[28:09] Kennedy, and then Senator Edward Kennedy

[28:12] will speak. Now, he also had a rousing

[28:14] speech to this convention 12 years ago,

[28:16] in 1980. He was a candidate then, he's

[28:18] not a candidate now. And many people may

[28:20] think the Kennedy dream has died, but

[28:23] not for many of these delegates. For

[28:25] them, the Kennedys are icons, and for

[28:27] them, perhaps the most memorable Kennedy

[28:29] moment was the inaugural in 1961. The

[28:32] torch has been passed to a new

[28:33] generation, said John Kennedy. Well, for

[28:36] these people, the new generation is

[28:37] Clinton and Gore.

[28:39] Bernie?

[28:40] >> Thank you, Deborah.

[28:42] As Bill Clinton awaits to hear the

[28:43] nomination speech from New York Governor

[28:45] Mario Cuomo tonight, An ABC News

[28:48] Washington Post poll is out showing Bill

[28:50] Clinton with a 17-point lead over George

[28:53] Bush. Clinton at 45%, Bush at 28%, Ross

[28:58] Perot with 20%. This poll was taken

[29:01] among likely voters. You'll recall that

[29:03] Mike Dukakis coming out of the Atlanta

[29:05] '88 convention had a 17-point lead when

[29:08] he left Atlanta.

[29:10] There will be some discussions about the

[29:13] rules

[29:14] on the floor. Charles Bierbauer tells us

[29:17] now about now about that from the

[29:19] podium.

[29:21] >> Bernie, there has indeed been some

[29:22] discussion about the rules. There's been

[29:24] some business transacted this evening,

[29:26] and that is the report of the Rules

[29:28] Committee. There was a minority report

[29:30] put forward by the Jerry Brown campaign,

[29:33] which essentially called for a study of

[29:36] the Democratic Party's nominating

[29:38] process and a midterm report in 2 years

[29:42] on what that study proved. And while the

[29:44] Brown supporters on a voice vote were

[29:46] very long and loud, they were outvoted

[29:48] by the Clinton supporters. And uh there

[29:51] was also a call for a roll call vote on

[29:54] this matter.

[29:56] Uh Maynard Jackson, who was at that time

[29:58] chairing the convention, said it would

[29:59] take uh 20% of the delegations to

[30:02] support a roll call. That was not

[30:05] obtained by the Brown campaign, and so

[30:07] there was no roll call on the Rules

[30:09] Report, which was adopted. There

[30:11] certainly will be that one important

[30:13] roll call later this evening when Bill

[30:16] Clinton is nominated and as we all

[30:18] expect gains that nomination. Back to

[30:20] you up in the booth.

[30:22] >> And of course, that's the highlight

[30:23] tonight, Governor Cuomo's speech.

[30:27] And of course then, the roll call vote.

[30:29] Our coverage from Madison Square Garden

[30:31] will continue in a moment.

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[33:14] >> Robert Kennedy, former Attorney General,

[33:17] former Senator from New York, and of

[33:18] course tragically assassinated in Los

[33:21] Angeles during an earlier campaign. His

[33:25] son Joseph now being applauded as his

[33:28] mother Ethel Kennedy there watches in

[33:30] her white dress.

[33:56] >> Thank you all very, very much.

[34:00] I know that that applause

[34:03] is not just for the Congressman from the

[34:04] 8th Congressional District.

[34:07] A lot of that applause

[34:10] comes from you.

[34:14] Comes from your hearts.

[34:18] Because of your love for my father

[34:33] and my uncle

[34:45] and on our behalf of my mother who is

[34:49] sitting with you tonight and all of my

[34:50] brothers and sisters

[34:52] I want to say

[34:55] my mother, she's standing up. Will my

[34:57] mother stand up over there, please?

[35:01] This is Robert Kennedy.

[35:35] On behalf of my mother

[35:37] and all of my brothers and sisters

[35:40] I want to thank each and every one of

[35:42] you.

[35:43] And I want to thank most particularly

[35:46] Bill Clinton

[35:47] Al Gore

[35:49] Ron Brown

[35:53] for the deep honor that they have

[35:54] bestowed on our family

[35:56] by taking the time to recognize the

[35:58] contributions

[36:00] of Robert Kennedy this evening.

[36:02] Many

[36:10] Many of you in this room

[36:12] are very much a part of the events

[36:14] that made up my father's life.

[36:18] You share with my family memories of

[36:20] him.

[36:21] Some of them

[36:22] which the film we are about to see will

[36:24] bring to mind.

[36:26] Memories not just of his love for all of

[36:28] us, which he gave so abundantly,

[36:31] but memories that each and every one of

[36:34] you shared.

[36:36] Many of you in the 1960 campaign when he

[36:38] worked so far hard on behalf of his

[36:41] brother John Kennedy.

[36:43] Many of you

[36:49] Many of you in 1964

[36:52] when this organization honored him

[36:56] after the loss of his brother.

[36:58] And many of you again in 1968

[37:01] in his last campaign.

[37:03] But there were also people in this great

[37:05] city and in this great state that

[37:06] honored him in 1964.

[37:09] And for each and every one and resident

[37:11] of New York City and New York State, we

[37:13] want to say a great big thank you and a

[37:15] great big

[37:17] hello from all the Kennedys tonight.

[37:28] You know,

[37:29] he had a faith in God and a faith in our

[37:32] country.

[37:33] His clear thinking

[37:35] was was such that he was not content to

[37:38] analyze problems or to just give

[37:40] speeches. He took clean action.

[37:43] He had a way of coming about these

[37:45] issues

[37:47] that I think caught the spirit and the

[37:49] mood of this the people of this country.

[37:53] What Robert Kennedy tried to do with his

[37:54] life

[37:56] was say that each and every individual

[37:58] in this country counted.

[38:00] And that he went from all of the

[38:01] different parts of our nation.

[38:04] He went to Appalachia.

[38:05] He went to all of the migrant farms in

[38:08] California.

[38:09] He went and he touched

[38:16] He touched people of poor white

[38:18] backgrounds.

[38:20] He touched people of Oriental

[38:21] backgrounds. He touched people all

[38:24] across this nation because he wanted an

[38:26] inclusive society. He wanted a nation

[38:29] that not only stood for something in our

[38:31] constitution and our Bill of Rights, but

[38:33] he wanted a people that would stand

[38:34] together and firmly take on the

[38:36] challenges of our time.

[38:38] You know, when Robert Kennedy was alive,

[38:40] he took on the major unions of this

[38:42] country and he said that the union

[38:44] movement in America should stand up for

[38:46] the rights of working people. And if

[38:48] that meant

[38:58] If that meant making enemies of Jimmy

[38:59] Hoffa, then he was willing to do it. And

[39:01] today we see Ron Carey taking over the

[39:04] Teamsters Union 30 years after that

[39:07] union was corrupted and 30 years after

[39:10] his work paid for wish.

[39:12] And we see the kinds of challenges that

[39:14] our country today faces. When we see the

[39:17] corrupt individuals, you know, we hear

[39:19] so much talk from our uh moral leaders

[39:22] in Washington, D.C. They talk to us

[39:24] about the fact that what we need in

[39:26] America is some kind of new morality.

[39:29] But that new morality tells us that when

[39:32] we can that we can condemn poor black

[39:34] looters in Los Angeles.

[39:36] But we should somehow remain silent when

[39:38] looters such as Michael Milken steal

[39:40] seven times as much money as poor blacks

[39:43] in Los Angeles.

[39:53] It's time, ladies and gentlemen, that

[39:56] we recognize that Robert Kennedy would

[39:58] have spoken out

[40:00] on what are today called family values

[40:02] and what are today called the moral

[40:04] values of our time.

[40:06] For the Republican administration to

[40:09] stand up and call their country club

[40:11] values the values of America is just

[40:14] plain dead wrong.

[40:16] There are an awful lot of

[40:22] There are an awful lot of plain working

[40:24] people that Robert Kennedy spent his

[40:26] blood and his sweat and his tears trying

[40:28] to represent.

[40:31] And those ordinary people in America are

[40:33] the voiceless.

[40:34] Those ordinary people of America don't

[40:36] have the rich fat cat lobbyists that so

[40:38] often represent special interests in

[40:40] Washington, D.C.

[40:42] And it's

[40:47] And I just want to say

[40:49] again, on behalf of our family, that the

[40:51] film that we are about to see,

[40:54] I think captures the spirit and the mood

[40:56] that my father tried to make a

[40:57] difference in this world. He tried to

[40:59] let each and every one of you know that

[41:02] you can make a difference.

[41:05] And for the difference that you're

[41:06] making in the lives of each one of us

[41:07] tonight, for the difference that Al Gore

[41:10] and Bill Clinton can make in the lives

[41:13] of so many millions of vulnerable

[41:15] American children,

[41:17] we all want to say thank you from the

[41:19] bottom of our hearts. Ladies and

[41:20] gentlemen, I'd like to present the film

[41:22] on Robert F. Kennedy. Thank you all

[41:24] very, very much.

[41:45] >> No man had ever dedicated his life more

[41:48] to the life of another than Robert

[41:50] Kennedy had for his brother.

[41:55] They had shared the journey to power

[41:58] and the successes and disappointments of

[42:00] leadership,

[42:02] but they were very different.

[42:04] >> I think you have one time around.

[42:07] I'm impatient. You know, there was

[42:08] somebody wrote on the uh

[42:11] on the pyramids, uh uh

[42:15] time they were being constructed, the

[42:16] words say, "And no one was angry enough

[42:18] to speak out."

[42:19] I think people should be angry enough to

[42:21] speak out. I think there are injustices.

[42:23] I think there are unfairnesses in my own

[42:25] country and around the world, and I

[42:26] think

[42:27] that uh

[42:29] if one feels that involved in it, that

[42:31] uh one should try to do something about

[42:33] it.

[42:39] >> Towards the dispossessed and the

[42:40] powerless, he felt a special concern.

[42:44] And he brought to them a touch of hope.

[42:52] The more he saw of this America, the

[42:53] more he would ask

[42:55] what of their future.

[42:58] Starved in mind and body, they had been

[43:00] damaged beyond compare.

[43:04] He saw in America an island of poverty

[43:06] in a sea of affluence.

[43:15] When freedom's sons were on the march,

[43:17] it was his march.

[43:21] He was with Cesar Chavez to protest the

[43:23] suffering of migrant farm workers.

[43:26] He was there to share the breaking of

[43:28] the fast

[43:31] and the benediction of a cause that

[43:32] could not wait.

[43:39] In 1968, he made the most important

[43:41] political decision in his life

[43:43] to seek the presidency,

[43:46] to seek new policies, to close the gaps.

[43:49] >> We cannot separate ourselves, no matter

[43:51] where we live, from the problems and the

[43:53] troubles and the difficulties

[43:55] that face the whole of the United

[43:57] States. I don't think it's tolerable

[43:59] that young men and young women growing

[44:01] up in our great city are not able to

[44:03] find jobs. I don't think it's tolerable

[44:06] here in this country that a boy or a

[44:08] young girl, even when they finish

[44:10] school, are illiterate and uneducated,

[44:13] and therefore can't go on to either a

[44:14] college or university or on to an

[44:17] employment.

[44:18] And I think whites and blacks, poor and

[44:21] rich together, that we can work

[44:23] together.

[44:26] Jefferson once said about the United

[44:28] States that we were the last best hope

[44:29] of mankind. That's what I want the

[44:31] United States to be. This is a generous

[44:33] and compassionate country. That's what I

[44:35] want this country to stand for. Not

[44:37] violence, not lawlessness, not disorder,

[44:40] but compassion and love and peace.

[44:43] That's what this country should stand

[44:44] for, and that's what I intend to do if

[44:46] I'm elected president.

[44:50] >> Somewhere over Indiana on the evening of

[44:53] April 4th, 1968,

[44:56] he was informed that Martin Luther King

[44:58] had been shot.

[45:02] Again, the bullet.

[45:04] Again, the agony.

[45:10] >> Martin Luther King

[45:12] dedicated his life

[45:16] to love

[45:17] and to justice

[45:19] between fellow human beings.

[45:22] He died

[45:24] in the cause of that effort.

[45:28] In this difficult day,

[45:30] in this difficult time for the United

[45:32] States,

[45:34] it's perhaps well to ask what kind of a

[45:36] nation we are

[45:39] and what direction we want to move in.

[45:42] What we need in the United States is not

[45:44] division,

[45:46] what we need in the United States is not

[45:48] hatred,

[45:49] what we need in the United States is not

[45:51] violence and lawlessness,

[45:54] but is love

[45:56] and wisdom and compassion toward one

[45:58] another.

[46:00] Feeling of justice

[46:02] toward those who still suffer within our

[46:05] country,

[46:06] whether they be white

[46:08] or whether they be black.

[46:10] And we dedicate ourselves

[46:13] to what the Greeks wrote so many years

[46:14] ago,

[46:16] to tame the savageness of man

[46:19] and make gentle the life of this world.

[46:23] Let us dedicate ourselves to that

[46:25] and say a prayer for our country and for

[46:27] our people.

[46:36] >> The prayer he asked for America would

[46:38] not be answered in his lifetime.

[46:41] Perhaps for his children,

[46:44] but not for him.

[46:49] My brother need not be idealized

[46:52] or enlarged in death beyond what he was

[46:55] in life,

[46:56] to be remembered simply as a good and

[46:58] decent man,

[47:01] who saw a wrong and tried to right it,

[47:05] saw suffering and tried to heal it,

[47:08] saw a war

[47:10] and tried to stop it.

[47:13] Those of us who loved him

[47:15] pray that what he was to us

[47:17] and what he wished for others

[47:20] would someday come to pass for all the

[47:21] world.

[47:24] As he said many times in many parts of

[47:26] this nation

[47:28] to those he touched

[47:29] and those who sought to touch him,

[47:32] "Some men see things as they are and

[47:34] say, 'Why?'

[47:37] I dream things that never were and say,

[47:40] 'Why not?'"

[47:48] >> Ladies and gentlemen,

[47:50] Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

[48:19] >> Thank you very much.

[48:21] Thank you.

[48:24] Thank you.

[48:30] Thank you.

[48:51] Fellow Democrats,

[49:06] fellow Democrats,

[49:09] fellow Americans,

[49:12] on behalf of our family, I thank you for

[49:14] this tribute to Robert Kennedy,

[49:17] gone now nearly a quarter of a century,

[49:21] but indelible in memory,

[49:24] a vivid fire that still lights the best

[49:27] and most honorable paths of public life.

[49:31] Those who shared his hopes

[49:33] were a source of great strength for him.

[49:37] And it would be a source of great pride

[49:40] to both my brothers

[49:43] that so many of you here in this

[49:45] convention hall

[49:47] were first brought to politics

[49:49] by by urging and example.

[49:57] You are their living legacy.

[50:08] Their truest history

[50:11] is written in your hearts

[50:13] and in the hearts of people everywhere

[50:16] who refuse to be content with things as

[50:19] they are.

[50:27] Today, the ideals which became

[50:30] part of the very fabric of their being

[50:33] are not simply something to remember.

[50:36] Their ideals ask us,

[50:39] beckon us,

[50:40] challenge us once again

[50:43] to do better,

[50:45] to give something back to our country in

[50:47] return for all that it has given to us.

[50:59] After 12 years

[51:01] of wintery indifference at the center of

[51:03] power,

[51:05] it is time to return to the ideal of

[51:08] compassion.

[51:10] We must end the politics of neglecting

[51:12] the needy

[51:13] and then blaming them for their pain.

[51:24] In the 1990s,

[51:26] we must make war against poverty, not

[51:30] war against the poor.

[51:38] We must trust and speak

[51:41] to the best instincts of our people.

[51:43] We must demand an America

[51:46] that helps the homeless,

[51:48] feeds the hungry,

[51:49] breaks the cycle of poverty, and

[51:52] replaces welfare with work, not because

[51:55] these things are easy,

[51:57] but because the fundamental test of our

[51:59] society is how it treats the least

[52:03] powerful among us.

[52:15] An America

[52:17] that does not care

[52:19] is not really America at all.

[52:25] Second,

[52:27] after 12 years of official hostility to

[52:30] minorities

[52:32] and to the majority who are women, it is

[52:35] time to renew the ideals of equality.

[52:46] Our national journey

[52:49] across two centuries has been a

[52:51] pilgrimage away from prejudice.

[52:55] It is our task as Americans to be

[52:58] dissatisfied with discrimination.

[53:05] We must stand with pride and without

[53:07] apology

[53:09] for the great unfinished cause of civil

[53:11] rights.

[53:12] We must resume our progress

[53:15] towards a truly free society

[53:18] where people will no longer be oppressed

[53:21] or held back or held down because of the

[53:25] color of their skin.

[53:33] We must break

[53:35] the glass ceiling that stretches across

[53:38] our government and our economy so that

[53:41] at long last Americans will be equal in

[53:44] life, as well as in law.

[53:56] I believe

[53:59] that women will be a majority of the new

[54:02] senators elected this year.

[54:06] Wait a minute.

[54:07] Wait a minute.

[54:09] AND I BELIEVE that one day women will

[54:12] also be a majority of the United States

[54:15] Senate.

[54:23] We are beginning

[54:25] to end the discrimination against women

[54:27] so ancient and embedded

[54:29] that until this generation, it was

[54:31] hardly even noticed or named.

[54:34] We must refuse to go back.

[54:37] We must defend a woman's right to

[54:39] choose.

[54:45] We must

[54:46] defend

[54:47] family values, not by denying women's

[54:51] rights, but by passing family and

[54:53] medical leave.

[55:00] American workers should never be forced

[55:03] to decide between the job they need and

[55:06] the child that they love.

[55:14] All this is part of a long struggle to

[55:17] push back the frontiers of freedom.

[55:20] Along the way, we have learned again and

[55:22] again that equality is a continuing

[55:24] struggle,

[55:26] and that America is a continuing

[55:28] revolution.

[55:30] This means many things, but it surely

[55:32] means that cabinet posts must be filled

[55:35] on the basis of talent, not sexual

[55:37] orientation.

[55:46] And young Americans

[55:48] should not have to deny who they are in

[55:52] order to fight and die for their

[55:54] country.

[56:02] Third, after 12 years of false

[56:05] prosperity,

[56:07] recession and slow decline,

[56:09] we must restore the ideal of economic

[56:11] growth and opportunity

[56:13] for the hard-working people who are the

[56:16] strength and the soul of America.

[56:19] We are the best in the world at training

[56:22] bomber pilots. Why can't we be best at

[56:25] training people for 21st century jobs?

[56:32] We are the best in the world

[56:35] at building smart bombs. Why can't we be

[56:39] best at building the high-technology

[56:42] products of the future?

[56:44] It is time to stop wasting our wealth on

[56:47] junk bonds, mergers, and speculation.

[56:55] Let's use our resources to reopen

[56:58] college doors to the daughters and sons

[57:02] of the middle class.

[57:08] Let's use our resources to reform public

[57:12] education without diverting scarce tax

[57:15] dollars to private schools.

[57:22] After World War II, we rebuilt Germany

[57:26] and Japan.

[57:27] Now, in the wake of the Cold War,

[57:30] let's rebuild our own country.

[57:39] And let's begin

[57:41] with the health of our families.

[57:44] No one is immune from sickness,

[57:47] and almost no one is immune from the

[57:49] rising cost of care.

[57:52] Our fight for health care goes on. And

[57:55] under President Clinton and Vice

[57:57] President Gore, we can we will win the

[58:00] battle for national health insurance.

[58:16] We also

[58:18] have a stake,

[58:19] all of us,

[58:21] in the survival and revival of our

[58:23] cities.

[58:25] So, let's remove the guns and crack from

[58:27] our streets and our schools and the

[58:30] poison from the air that we breathe.

[58:35] In the last half century,

[58:38] we won one of the truly faithful

[58:40] contests of human history.

[58:42] Through it all, the United States was an

[58:45] example and a witness to the world of

[58:48] what a free society can be.

[58:50] As others turn to us now,

[58:53] we should not be stumbling,

[58:56] adrift, uncertain of our purposes and

[58:59] prospects.

[59:01] The nation that won the Cold War

[59:03] should not and must not lose its own

[59:06] future.

[59:08] I just don't understand how a president,

[59:12] any president, can be out of ideas for

[59:16] action here at home.

[59:23] There is

[59:25] so much to do

[59:27] to continue the American journey,

[59:29] to be worthy of our stewardship, and to

[59:32] leave a better life and a better land

[59:34] for our children.

[59:35] So, finally and fundamentally,

[59:38] after 12 years of calculated division

[59:41] and appeals to fear,

[59:44] we must return to the ideals of common

[59:46] vision and common purpose.

[59:48] Perhaps more than any other leader in

[59:51] memory,

[59:52] my brother Bobby

[59:54] reached across the deepest divides of

[59:57] American life.

[59:59] Black activists and blue collar,

[60:02] suburb and city,

[60:04] the young students on campuses who

[60:07] protested the war and the young soldiers

[60:09] drafted to fight it.

[60:11] He taught us

[60:13] that the things which bind us as one

[60:15] people are stronger than the things

[60:18] which drive us apart.

[60:20] That is now the greatest single

[60:22] obligation

[60:23] of this party and the greatest

[60:25] opportunity for our country.

[60:28] I could say many things here in support

[60:30] of Bill Clinton,

[60:31] but there is one thing that matters

[60:33] most.

[60:34] He has sought to heal,

[60:37] to oppose hate,

[60:39] to reach across the divides and make us

[60:41] whole again.

[60:51] With Bill Clinton,

[60:54] with Bill Clinton, it is time to reject

[60:57] the politics of slash and burn, the evil

[61:01] politics that makes the face of Willie

[61:03] Horton

[61:05] more important in a national campaign

[61:08] than the face of a hungry child.

[61:20] Bill Clinton

[61:22] understands

[61:24] that government should enlarge, not

[61:26] diminish, the hopes and expectations of

[61:28] an entire generation. Let others offer

[61:32] easy promises and then just as easily

[61:35] break them. Let us offer challenges

[61:37] which will require effort and sacrifice

[61:40] and which should give our country back

[61:42] its prosperity, its future, and its

[61:44] truth.

[61:45] I have stood with so many of you in so

[61:48] many great causes.

[61:50] The times have changed,

[61:52] but the ideals are the same.

[61:55] We have only just begun to fight. We

[61:58] will never give up. We will never give

[62:00] in. And in 1992, we are going to win.

[62:21] My brothers,

[62:26] My brothers

[62:28] had every gift

[62:30] but length of years.

[62:32] The years have been left to us

[62:35] to use them,

[62:37] with all the inevitable setbacks, to

[62:39] accomplish the works of peace and

[62:42] justice.

[62:43] So, when the members of our family

[62:46] think of our brothers now,

[62:48] we think of the poet's words.

[62:53] What is precious

[62:54] is never to forget

[62:57] the names of those

[62:59] who wore at their hearts the fire's

[63:02] center.

[63:03] Born of the sun,

[63:05] they traveled a short while towards the

[63:08] sun

[63:09] and left the vivid air

[63:11] signed with their honor.

[63:14] Now, let us, in our own journey,

[63:17] give our strength for those who are

[63:19] weak,

[63:21] give our voice to those who are

[63:22] voiceless,

[63:23] give our commitment to the working

[63:25] families who make America work, and

[63:28] whatever the winds of the moment carry

[63:31] high the banner of hope.

[63:35] Thank you. God bless you.

[63:47] >> Now to the senator's home state of

[63:49] Massachusetts, where Frank says no is

[63:51] standing by. Frank?

[63:53] >> Well, Katherine, it was a very moving

[63:55] reach across the generations in tribute

[63:57] to John and Robert Kennedy and in

[64:00] tribute to the very traditional roots,

[64:02] liberal roots some might say, of the

[64:04] Democratic Party. The state of

[64:06] Massachusetts behind me on its feet and

[64:08] among them some

[64:10] distinguished guests this evening.

[64:12] Governor Michael Dukakis, 4 years ago

[64:15] this was a different scene for you. Your

[64:17] thoughts tonight?

[64:19] >> Well, we're having a great time. I wish

[64:21] I were here as a candidate for

[64:22] re-election for the presidency, but um

[64:26] we've known Bill Clinton and Hillary

[64:27] Clinton for 15 years. We think the world

[64:29] of them. Bill Clinton's one of the best

[64:30] people I've ever worked with in public

[64:32] life and we're just very excited about

[64:34] this ticket and very excited about this

[64:35] convention.

[64:36] >> Kitty Dukakis, this moment must tug at

[64:39] your heart. You were standing

[64:42] not far from this spot figuratively 4

[64:44] years ago.

[64:45] >> I feel very grateful to be in this space

[64:48] I'm in right now. Very grateful that

[64:50] this country has an opportunity to vote

[64:52] for Bill Clinton and I think it's a

[64:55] great great ticket.

[64:56] >> Governor, do you feel repudiated by this

[64:58] party?

[65:00] >> Oh, no. You know, folks have been

[65:02] terrific and although I

[65:04] I'm I'm unhappy with myself for having

[65:07] lost it, you know, you've got to go on.

[65:10] I think

[65:11] Jimmy Carter's appearance last night,

[65:13] the response he got, the work he's done

[65:15] and is doing

[65:17] gives you some sense of what is possible

[65:18] to do. And if you aren't in elective

[65:20] office, you can still make a

[65:21] contribution to this country. And I'm

[65:22] going to do everything I can to help

[65:23] this ticket get elected and to give this

[65:25] country some new leadership that it

[65:27] desperately needs.

[65:28] >> You heard it right here. Governor

[65:29] Dukakis will be campaigning for Bill

[65:30] Clinton. Governor Michael Dukakis and

[65:32] Kitty Dukakis, thanks very much. Bernie,

[65:34] back to you.

[65:35] >> Coming up, Jerry Brown's name to be

[65:37] placed in nomination, and this

[65:39] convention hall will hear from the

[65:41] former governor of California.

[65:51] >> I see many things.

[65:53] >> Some companies go to great lengths to

[65:54] try to predict the future.

[65:56] >> I see a ray of sunshine

[65:58] through a thick fog.

[65:59] >> But the only way to succeed

[66:02] is to prepare for whatever the future

[66:04] brings.

[66:05] That's why Georgia Pacific has become a

[66:07] low-cost producer of wood products,

[66:09] pulp, and paper. It's how Pacific

[66:11] prospers in good times or not so good

[66:14] times. Because if you don't plan for the

[66:16] future today,

[66:17] you just might not be around tomorrow.

[66:21] >> Who are you going to call the most this

[66:22] month?

[66:23] >> My dad in New York.

[66:24] >> My stockbroker.

[66:25] >> My 7-year-old grandson who's a genius.

[66:27] >> With Sprint's new program, The Most,

[66:29] you'll automatically save on whoever you

[66:31] call the most each month.

[66:32] >> My sister, Aura.

[66:34] >> And with The Most, you'll also save

[66:35] every time you call one of the millions

[66:37] of other Sprint customers.

[66:38] >> My brother, Bubba, and Sanford.

[66:40] >> I call my mother in London.

[66:41] >> My mother-in-law.

[66:44] >> I think I better leave that one alone.

[67:07] >> When Better Homes and Gardens Real

[67:08] Estate goes to work at an open house,

[67:12] expect it to be closed.

[67:14] Don't miss your new home.

[67:16] Visit a Better Homes and Gardens open

[67:17] house this weekend.

[67:22] >> You've dreamed about it for years.

[67:24] You've planned every detail.

[67:27] At last, you've made the dream come to

[67:29] life.

[67:31] You've put so much into it.

[67:33] Put Olympic Stain

[67:35] on it. It's the protection that keeps

[67:37] your home as beautiful as your dream.

[67:39] Olympic, from PPG, protects more homes

[67:43] than any other stain.

[67:47] >> PPG salutes the American spirit.

[68:01] >> I see many things.

[68:03] >> Some companies go to great lengths to

[68:05] try to predict the future.

[68:06] >> I see a ray of sunshine

[68:08] through a thick fog.

[68:10] >> But the only way to succeed

[68:12] is to prepare for whatever the future

[68:14] brings.

[68:15] That's why Georgia-Pacific has become a

[68:17] low-cost producer of wood products,

[68:19] pulp, and paper. It's how

[68:20] Georgia-Pacific prospers in good times

[68:23] or not-so-good times. Because if you

[68:25] don't plan for the future today,

[68:28] you just might not be around tomorrow.

[68:33] >> If you want to paint like a professional

[68:35] painter,

[68:36] you need to develop all five senses.

[68:42] Your sense of color.

[68:44] Your sense of balance.

[68:47] Your sense of pride and craftsmanship.

[68:49] And most importantly,

[68:51] your sense of direction.

[68:53] There's only one paint this good, and

[68:56] there's only one place you can get it.

[68:58] The pros know. Ask Sherwin-Williams.

[69:02] >> Every time you buy clothes with the

[69:03] union label.

[69:04] >> Clothes made in the USA.

[69:06] >> You're putting people to work.

[69:08] >> Every time you buy clothes with the

[69:10] union label.

[69:11] >> American made clothes.

[69:12] >> You're helping people to support their

[69:15] families.

[69:16] >> And you're getting something great to

[69:17] wear.

[69:18] >> Every single time you buy the clothes we

[69:20] make.

[69:21] >> We're the International Ladies Garment

[69:23] Workers Union. We don't just make

[69:25] clothes in our garment factories, we

[69:26] make jobs.

[69:28] >> That's good for us all.

[69:37] >> The first speaker has stepped to the

[69:38] podium to put into nomination the name

[69:41] of former California Governor Jerry

[69:43] Brown and now 15-year-old Kelly Aldrich

[69:47] is doing it secondly.

[69:49] >> to meet me when you found out I

[69:51] supported you.

[69:52] You talked to me and invited me to join

[69:55] in your nominating process.

[69:57] You gave me this chance of a lifetime.

[70:01] The chance to tell America my feelings

[70:03] about you.

[70:05] A person I admire and strive to be like.

[70:10] I have admired you ever since I saw you

[70:12] on the Donahue show debating Charlton

[70:14] Heston about the Persian Gulf War.

[70:17] Your eloquence and conviction moved me.

[70:22] You said things that I always wished I

[70:24] could have said in my history class.

[70:28] I knew then that you were a person I

[70:30] would always support to make this

[70:32] country better and get America back into

[70:35] the hands of the people.

[70:45] I am glad you ran for president.

[70:48] I know you really listen to people.

[70:51] You know that the decisions we make

[70:53] today will affect our lives tomorrow.

[70:57] You listened to my views and opinions,

[71:00] and that is all young people ask for,

[71:03] the chance to be heard.

[71:06] I know you are working I know you work

[71:09] hard in getting young people involved.

[71:11] Your plan for an environmental youth

[71:13] committee is proof enough for me. I'm

[71:16] ready to join whenever it's ready.

[71:20] In closing, I would just like to thank

[71:22] you for being you.

[71:24] By watching you, you taught me how to

[71:27] speak my mind, no matter how many people

[71:30] disagree with me.

[71:32] When you

[71:42] When you spoke to me, you made me feel

[71:45] important.

[71:47] America needs a president who will

[71:49] listen to people and who thinks all of

[71:52] us are important.

[71:54] America needs you, Jerry Brown.

[72:07] And so, it is my honor to second the

[72:10] nomination of Edmund G. Brown Jr.

[72:22] for the president of the United States

[72:25] of America.

[72:31] Jerry Brown.

[72:32] >> We got a note that in fact a quote

[72:34] spontaneous circle at the front of the

[72:37] hall might be formed. The delegates

[72:40] apparently for Jerry Brown were urged,

[72:41] however, not to do anything to take away

[72:44] from his message or in fact to to hurt

[72:46] the Democratic Party.

[72:48] >> Ken Bodey and Bill Schneider join us

[72:51] here. I was interested in the security

[72:53] man who had been holding that glass of

[72:56] who was holding that glass of water for

[72:58] about 10 minutes before Jerry Brown

[73:00] appeared and he put the glass of water

[73:02] on the podium for Brown.

[73:03] >> Kelly Aldrich says she first saw Jerry

[73:05] Brown on the Donahue show, which is sort

[73:06] of a metaphor for the entire campaign

[73:09] here, isn't it?

[73:09] >> Let me point out that it's just about

[73:11] 8:00 here in New York City. It looks

[73:13] like Jerry Brown has just made it to

[73:15] prime time for his speech.

[73:16] >> Prime time on the other coast.

[73:18] >> the East Coast.

[73:19] >> Yes.

[73:20] >> And just work quitting time in

[73:22] California.

[73:23] >> I want to thank all of you all across

[73:25] this country and across this convention

[73:27] hall that have made it possible for this

[73:29] campaign to get here.

[73:32] And I want to thank

[73:37] one other person

[73:39] who is not here tonight

[73:41] and is missing his first

[73:44] convention

[73:46] since the depression.

[73:48] A man

[73:49] who beat Richard Nixon in 1962

[73:53] and almost stopped Ronald Reagan in 1966

[73:57] and in my view is the greatest Democrat

[73:59] in this country, my father, Pat Brown.

[74:03] Dad, THANKS A LOT for everything you've

[74:06] done.

[74:09] GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. HE'S GIVEN

[74:11] HIS WHOLE LIFE to this Democratic Party

[74:15] which we all love.

[74:27] Almost a year ago when this journey

[74:29] began

[74:31] it was evident that we faced

[74:33] not merely another election but the

[74:35] deepening crisis of democracy itself.

[74:39] What was at stake was nothing less than

[74:41] the life of our nation, its soul, its

[74:44] core principles, the last best hope on

[74:47] Earth.

[74:49] President Lincoln faced crisis, too. It

[74:51] led to a bloody civil war

[74:54] triggered by the secession of 1/3 of the

[74:57] states.

[74:58] Today,

[75:00] half the people, individually, have

[75:03] seceded from our political democracy

[75:05] because they don't believe their vote

[75:08] makes any difference.

[75:11] Yeah, they're out there, and we've got

[75:13] to go get them back.

[75:16] Now, those of us

[75:17] those of us on the inside

[75:20] find it

[75:21] easy to fall into the complacent

[75:23] illusion

[75:24] that we're making change when we engage

[75:27] in politics and speak of change.

[75:31] But, the growing skepticism and

[75:33] discontent in every corner of America

[75:35] with the party system and the refusal to

[75:38] vote on the part of the majority has to

[75:40] sound an alarm for all who care to

[75:44] listen.

[75:45] You know,

[75:46] and everyone watching knows that

[75:48] effective government is breaking down,

[75:51] that the system is paralyzed, and that

[75:53] as a result, our society deteriorates.

[75:57] Even to convene here, the homeless had

[76:00] to be swept off the streets and out of

[76:03] sight.

[76:06] Tonight,

[76:08] one out of every five of our children is

[76:11] in poverty.

[76:12] Millions of their parents are laboring

[76:15] for $4.25

[76:17] an hour.

[76:18] Men and women who've worked their whole

[76:19] lives are sitting idle as smug

[76:23] custodians of global finance move their

[76:26] jobs to Mexico. The air, the soil, and

[76:29] the water are poisoned for profit's

[76:31] sake.

[76:32] And the future of our grandchildren is

[76:35] stolen to pay for the most bloated arms

[76:38] industry ever to exist in a time of

[76:41] peace. And it's not right.

[76:49] Instead of government by the people and

[76:52] for the people and of the people,

[76:54] President Bush and his allies give us

[76:57] government of, by, and for the

[77:00] privileged.

[77:03] IT'S NOT CITIZENS who carry the day,

[77:06] but the growing concentration of wealth

[77:09] beyond any boundary of nation or

[77:12] conscience

[77:13] and its influence over our governing

[77:15] institutions through money.

[77:18] Whatever nice programs we speak of,

[77:21] whatever dreams we share, unless the

[77:23] basic fact of unchecked power and

[77:27] privilege is acknowledged and

[77:29] courageously challenged,

[77:32] nothing will ever change.

[77:39] President Bush talks of AFDC, Aid to

[77:43] Families with Dependent Children, as

[77:46] though these thoroughly powerless people

[77:48] caused our present predicament. Yet, he

[77:53] and his reactionary allies

[77:55] hypocritically overlook the real AFDC,

[77:59] Aid to Financially Dependent

[78:02] Corporations.

[78:10] Bailouts, subsidies, loan guarantees,

[78:13] giveaways of natural resources on our

[78:15] public lands, tax breaks. Just add them

[78:19] up. Tens of billions of dollars of

[78:22] federal welfare payments, federal

[78:24] welfare payments to well-connected

[78:26] corporations. It's far more than all the

[78:29] welfare mothers put together could ever

[78:31] dream of, much less obtain through the

[78:34] paltry payments they receive every

[78:37] month.

[78:44] In recent months, President Bush has

[78:46] demanded, so far unsuccessfully, $10

[78:49] billion in debt forgiveness that the

[78:52] nuclear power you