CBS News - Democratic Convention - 2004-07-28 - 3 of 3 (partial)

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[0:00] her kids, but she just can't catch up.

[0:03] Didn't used to be that way in her house.

[0:06] Her husband was called up in the guard.

[0:08] Now he's been in Iraq for over a year.

[0:09] They thought he was going to come home

[0:11] last month, but now he's got to stay

[0:13] longer.

[0:14] She thinks she's alone. But tonight, in

[0:19] this hall and in your homes, you know

[0:22] what?

[0:25] She's got a lot of friends.

[0:44] We want her to know that we here. It is

[0:47] time to bring opportunity and an equal

[0:49] chance to her door. We're here to make

[0:51] America stronger at home so that she can

[0:54] get ahead. And we're here to make

[0:55] America respected in the world again so

[0:58] that we can bring him home and American

[1:01] soldiers don't have to fight this war in

[1:03] Iraq or this war on terrorism alone. So

[1:08] when you return home some night, you

[1:11] might pass a mother on her way to work

[1:13] the late shift. You tell her hope is on

[1:17] the way. When your brother calls,

[1:22] when your brother calls and says he's

[1:26] spending his entire life at the office

[1:28] and he still can't get ahead, you tell

[1:31] him hope is on the way. When your

[1:35] parents call and tell you their

[1:37] medicine's going through the roof, they

[1:38] can't keep up, you tell them hope is on

[1:42] the way. And when your neighbor calls

[1:45] and says her daughter's worked hard and

[1:47] she wants to go to college, you tell

[1:49] her, "Hope is on the way." And when your

[1:53] son or daughter who's serving this

[1:55] country heroically in Iraq calls, you

[1:57] tell them, "Hope is on the way."

[2:02] When you wake up and you're sitting at

[2:05] the kitchen table with your kids and

[2:07] you're talking about the great

[2:09] possibilities in America, your kids

[2:12] should know that John and I believe to

[2:14] our core that tomorrow can be better

[2:17] than today.

[2:19] Like all of us, I've learned a lot of

[2:21] lessons in my life. Two of the most

[2:24] important are the first. There will

[2:26] always be heartache and struggle. We

[2:29] can't make it go away. But the second is

[2:32] that people of good and strong will can

[2:35] make a difference. One's a sad lesson,

[2:38] the other's inspiring. We are Americans

[2:41] and we choose to be inspired. We choose

[2:44] hope over despair, possibilities over

[2:47] problems, optimism over cynicism. We

[2:49] choose to do what's right. Even when

[2:51] those around us say you can't do that,

[2:54] we choose to be inspired because we know

[2:57] we can do better. Because this is

[2:59] America where everything is still

[3:02] possible.

[3:12] What we believe, what John Kerry and I

[3:15] believe is that we should never look

[3:17] down on anybody. We ought to lift people

[3:18] up. We don't believe in tearing people

[3:21] apart. We believe in bringing them

[3:22] together. What we believe, what I

[3:25] believe is that the family you're born

[3:27] into and the color of your skin in our

[3:29] America should never control your

[3:32] destiny. Join us in this cause. Let's

[3:35] make America stronger at home and more

[3:37] respected in the world. Let's ensure

[3:40] that once again in our one America, our

[3:43] one America, tomorrow will always be

[3:46] better than today. Thank you. God bless

[3:49] you and God bless the United States of

[3:52] America.

[4:23] 51-year-old John Edwards with his

[4:26] acceptance speech of the vice

[4:29] presidential nomination which will be

[4:31] made official tomorrow.

[4:34] His acceptance speech, hope is on the

[4:37] way.

[4:41] Now on the stage with his family,

[4:46] Bob Sheverer. Over the years, we've

[4:48] heard any number of vice presidential

[4:51] acceptance speeches.

[4:53] Generally speaking, the world little

[4:56] notes nor long remembers what these vice

[4:58] presidential candidates have to say.

[5:02] By any objective analysis, this was a

[5:04] welld delivered speech.

[5:06] >> Well, it certainly was, Dan. And you

[5:08] know, usually vice presidential

[5:10] speeches, it's the vice president's job

[5:12] to blow out the candidate and be the

[5:14] attack door, to attack the other side,

[5:17] to throw out the red meat. That was not

[5:19] what we saw here tonight. What we saw

[5:22] here tonight was a man who knows how to

[5:25] make a speech. I read this speech

[5:27] earlier today and I thought, well, it's

[5:29] okay. It's so so. And then it got into

[5:33] John Edwards hands and he delivered it

[5:36] and it was some kind of speech. I can

[5:39] understand how John Edwards was such a

[5:42] successful lawyer. He's talked to a lot

[5:45] of juries in his life. He's convinced a

[5:47] lot of juries that his way was the right

[5:49] way and I think he did a very good job

[5:52] here tonight. This a good speech.

[5:54] >> Question Bob Sheeper. We know that after

[5:57] considerable consideration,

[6:00] the Bush Cheney campaign decided to send

[6:03] Vice President Cheney out this week as a

[6:06] kind of hitman for their side, believing

[6:10] it was time to frontally assault the

[6:14] Carrie Edwards ticket.

[6:16] Is this, in your judgment, a calculated

[6:19] response to this, or would it have

[6:21] happened this way anyway?

[6:22] I think if John Edwards had anything to

[6:25] do with it, it would have happened this

[6:26] way. If he's the one who made the

[6:28] decision because remember Dan, all

[6:30] through the primaries, John Edwards was

[6:33] the optimist. He was the one that took

[6:35] the high road. He let the others do the

[6:37] attacking. I think this is just John

[6:39] Edwards way. I think it's a very

[6:41] effective way. I think this is something

[6:43] people are very happy to hear this kind

[6:46] of attitude.

[6:47] >> We go to Byron Pittz, CBS News

[6:49] correspondent covering the top of the

[6:51] ticket. John Kerry. Byron's on the floor

[6:54] of the convention. Byron.

[6:55] >> Well, Dan, based on the crowd's

[6:57] reaction, John Edwards has done what he

[6:59] came here to do. He took this massive

[7:02] convention center and turned into a

[7:04] courtroom, some 15,000 people into 12

[7:07] jurors, and he spoke to each one.

[7:10] Tonight, if John Edwards put the face on

[7:12] the Democratic party, youthful and

[7:14] hopeful, it will be Senator John K's job

[7:17] tomorrow night to give it its soul. I've

[7:20] talked to Senator Kerry several times

[7:21] about the importance of his acceptance

[7:23] speech tonight, tomorrow night. He is

[7:25] mindful that many of the country aloof

[7:28] and distant. He promises to come here

[7:30] tonight and show that he has passion. He

[7:33] will make the point that he served his

[7:35] country. He fled for his country in

[7:37] Vietnam. He knows the meaning of war. He

[7:40] knows when he should take the nation to

[7:42] war. John Kerry has worked on this

[7:45] speech for the past three weeks. But

[7:48] Dan, we all should be clear. He has

[7:51] prepared for this moment since the day

[7:53] he became the captain of the Yale debate

[7:55] team. He has wanted this moment and

[7:57] tomorrow it comes. Dan

[8:03] Byron Pitts on the floor of the

[8:04] convention as the Edwards family

[8:08] takes more of their vows. We go to the

[8:10] podium and CBS News chief White House

[8:12] correspondent John Roberts. John, the

[8:16] the double

[8:18] candidacy of John Edwards and his wife

[8:21] Elizabeth very much in evidence tonight.

[8:26] Well, Jan, you know, I mean, just the

[8:28] personality that Edwards exudes when he

[8:30] comes to these events is something

[8:32] that's pretty infectious with these

[8:34] delegates. You know, I talked to one

[8:35] delegate yesterday who says, you know,

[8:37] I'm coming to like John Kerry, but I

[8:39] haven't yet fallen in love with him. But

[8:40] I will tell you this, I have fallen in

[8:42] love with John Edwards. It's obvious

[8:44] that the charisma out there just gets to

[8:46] everybody here in the uh in the fleet

[8:48] center. It's interesting not to to note

[8:50] though, Dan, would this have worked four

[8:52] years ago if Al Gore had chosen him as

[8:54] his running mate. Very little known,

[8:56] only two years in the Senate. I think

[8:58] that the primary battle that he waged

[8:59] against John Kerry really gave him a

[9:01] good shot at at being able to connect

[9:03] with people like this, Dan, and

[9:05] certainly pulled it out tonight. Back to

[9:07] you,

[9:09] >> John Roberts. nights

[9:12] with the rhetorical echo of hope is on

[9:15] the way. John Roberts Knight sounded the

[9:17] themes of hope, optimism, strength, and

[9:20] a time for change. Democrats now rally

[9:23] behind a campaign slogan that says in

[9:26] effect. Carrie and Edwards are at home

[9:30] and abroad uniters, while Bush and

[9:33] Cheney are at home and abroad dividers.

[9:37] The Democrats hope for victory in

[9:39] November rides on whether voters,

[9:42] especially independents and swing voters

[9:45] in key states, and within that,

[9:47] especially women, agree or disagree.

[9:51] So, America gets a close-up look at John

[9:53] Edwards. In many ways, winning the White

[9:55] House these days is a team effort.

[9:57] Running the White House is too with vice

[9:59] presidents taking more responsibility,

[10:01] exercising more power. The vice

[10:04] presidency is no longer, as John Adams

[10:06] described it, the most insignificant

[10:08] office that ever the invention of man

[10:10] contrived. It is the second most

[10:13] significant office in America. Voters

[10:16] tonight took their measure of a man who

[10:17] would occupy that office. Tomorrow

[10:19] night, they'll do the same for the man

[10:22] who would be his senior partner. The

[10:24] president would be.

[10:27] CBS News will bring you John K's

[10:29] acceptance speech beginning at 10

[10:31] Eastern time tomorrow night. Now, for

[10:34] those of you in the East and Central

[10:35] time zones, convention coverage

[10:37] continues tonight on your local news.

[10:39] And of course, there'll be a complete

[10:40] wrap-up later for those of you in the

[10:42] West. For now, Dan Rather reporting from

[10:45] Boston. Good night, everybody.

[10:50] Watch live gavveltogavl coverage of the

[10:52] Democratic National Convention at

[10:54] cbsnews.com.

[10:56] CSI New York CBS Wednesdays this.

[10:59] >> If you're concerned about health care,

[11:01] you want a fighter as your senator.

[11:03] Peter Deutsch. In the state house, he

[11:06] stopped nursing home evictions. In

[11:08] Congress, fought Republican attempts to

[11:10] dismantle Medicare. Fought to protect

[11:12] health insurance for first responders.

[11:15] >> Ought to be said, uh, the Southerners

[11:18] are not going to vote for a person just

[11:19] because they have a zip code or just

[11:22] because they pronounce y'all correctly.

[11:26] John Edwards and I don't think he meant

[11:28] to get there but he's on the wrong side

[11:30] of a lot of very important issues to the

[11:32] south. I mean I found it very strange

[11:34] that he talked about all these things he

[11:36] was going to do for the dependence of

[11:37] our servicemen and women

[11:40] >> and yet he voted he he would not vote to

[11:43] he would not vote for their equipment or

[11:45] their benefits for there.

[11:49] >> All right, Senator Miller, thank you

[11:51] very much. We're going to go to Harold

[11:52] Ford here who is in the studio with me.

[11:53] He's a congressman from Tennessee. I

[11:55] suspect you have a slightly contrary

[11:57] point of view. You didn't

[11:58] >> I couldn't hear.

[11:59] >> The Democrats couldn't carry Tennessee

[12:00] last time around with a native son Al

[12:02] Gore running. What makes you think that

[12:03] this ticket can run strongly in the

[12:05] South, including yours?

[12:06] >> Two years after Al Gore lost, we elected

[12:07] a Democrat as governor and picked up a

[12:09] Democratic seat. With all due respect to

[12:11] Senator Miller, I thought Senator

[12:12] Edwards spoke this evening with great

[12:14] ease about his faith, about his family,

[12:16] about his community. He talked about

[12:18] taking care of all of our community from

[12:20] veterans to uh mothers who are worried

[12:23] about their children and even wives

[12:24] worried about their husbands being

[12:26] overseas. I thought what was most

[12:28] incredible about it was the tone. It was

[12:30] positive. It was upbeat. And he talked

[12:32] about hope being on the way. And I think

[12:34] every American connect can connect with

[12:36] that. And uh I look forward to a very

[12:38] spirited campaign this fall. And if this

[12:40] is any indication of what we're going to

[12:41] have uh it's going to be fun and I look

[12:43] forward to a victory in November.

[12:44] >> Congressman Ford of Tennessee. Thank you

[12:46] very much. and Senator Miller in

[12:47] Atlanta. Thank you all very much. The

[12:49] vice presidential candidate spoke

[12:51] tonight, tomorrow night,

[12:53] >> the crowning moment for this Democratic

[12:55] National Convention. Senator John Kerry,

[12:57] the presidential nominee, will speak in

[12:58] this hall. And we'll be back with

[13:01] continuing coverage at 10 tomorrow

[13:02] night. We remind you, of course, MSNBC

[13:04] with continuous coverage. This

[13:06] Democratic National Convention now

[13:08] moving into its climactic day, the

[13:10] fourth day, Thursday, and Senator John

[13:13] Kerry back in his hometown of Boston.

[13:16] the biggest speech of his life, running

[13:17] for the greatest office in the world.

[13:19] I'm Tom Brooff.

[13:39] >> This is NBC 6 News at 11.

[13:43] A soggy night right now in South

[13:45] Florida, showers are still moving

[13:47] through the area.

[13:48] >> And while Broward County enjoyed a lot

[13:50] of sunshine today, parts of Miami Dade

[13:52] County were hit with heavy rains. Good

[13:54] evening everyone. I'm Julia Yarbo. Tony

[13:56] has the night off.

[13:56] >> And I'm Jackie Neesprol.

[13:57] >> For more on the wet weather, let's check

[13:59] in with chief meteorologist Roland Stam.

[14:01] Roland.

[14:01] >> Some areas around South Florida today

[14:03] picking up anywhere between an inch and

[14:05] a half of rain to about 2 inches of

[14:07] rain. Now, most of the heavy shower and

[14:09] thunderstorm activity has moved off the

[14:11] southwest coast of Florida, across Miami

[14:13] Dade and Broward County. There are some

[14:15] scattered showers out there, but it's

[14:16] just generally light and very spotty in

[14:19] nature. But across the Keys, residents

[14:22] across the Keys are saying, "All right,

[14:23] let it rain because we're seeing some

[14:25] pockets of heavy rain across Keargo and

[14:27] also some moderate to heavy rainfall

[14:30] from Marathon south to about Bokeh

[14:32] Chica." All of this is associated with a

[14:35] couple of features in the atmosphere.

[14:36] First of all, a very persistent trough

[14:38] along the eastern seabboard of the

[14:40] United States. Where the trough goes,

[14:41] that's where the moisture goes.

[14:43] Secondly, we also have a weak area of

[14:45] low pressure developing on the tail end

[14:47] of the trough. So, the combination of

[14:49] this trough and this area of low

[14:51] pressure means a lot of moisture wants

[14:53] to continue across much of the state of

[14:55] Florida. I'll have more on how long this

[14:57] unsettled weather is going to last with

[14:59] my forecast in a few minutes.

[15:01] >> Roland, thank you. patients not getting

[15:03] proper care, enough nutrition, or even

[15:05] their prescribed medications. Those are

[15:07] just some of the charges against four

[15:08] workers employed at a Lauderdale Lakes

[15:10] medical facility. Michelle Kazinski is

[15:12] following the latest on this story and

[15:13] joins us live from Lauderdale Lakes.

[15:15] Michelle,

[15:15] >> yeah, of course, we've all seen

[15:16] allegations of subpar care at nursing

[15:18] homes in the past, but a lot of times

[15:20] those cases are