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00:00I'm Bret Baier. Welcome to the grand finale of the Democratic National Convention from the United
00:04Center in Chicago. We are following two major stories tonight. Obviously, Vice President
00:09Kamala Harris getting ready to formally accept the party's nomination in the big speech tonight.
00:15And former President Donald Trump gets caught off guard learning that authorities are looking
00:19for an Arizona man for threatening to kill the former president while he visits the southern
00:25border in that state. We'll get to that story in just moments. But in a few hours here in the
00:29United Center, Vice President Harris will deliver her acceptance speech to a packed house. We're
00:35hearing the address will focus on joy and optimism instead of perhaps policy and some substance.
00:42The theme familiar to this month old campaign, which has seen the vice president participate
00:47in zero long form interviews or news conferences or interviews for that matter at all. I'll discuss
00:54all of this and more with California's Governor Gavin Newsom a little bit later in the show.
00:59But first, let's go to senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy. He's on the convention
01:02floor for the big night. Good evening, Peter. Good evening, Brett. There's a lot of speculation
01:08about possible celebrity guests here at the grand finale of the DNC. But the headliner of the last
01:16day of the Democratic Convention is supposed to be the Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
01:20She is preparing for tonight's remarks right now at her hotel. Most importantly, what you'll see
01:27is the next president of the United States. That's more likely, according to Harris aides,
01:31because she got such a late start. I think the short campaign benefits Kamala Harris in a lot
01:37of ways. If Harris wins, Democrats hold the Senate and flip the House. Senator Chuck Schumer is
01:42telling the Washington Post one of her first orders of business will be bills to limit redistricting
01:46and expand voting rights. But a lot has to go right for Democrats for that to happen. Beginning
01:51with tonight's convention closing by Vice President Harris. The people that will decide
01:55this election don't know that much about her. Harris allies don't believe she'll be impacted
02:00by her much more progressive record, which has Donald Trump calling her comrade Kamala.
02:04That boat doesn't float. It just doesn't float. And it doesn't because I know the things we've
02:10worked on together and they're not sexy stuff. But despite good vibes and a memorable rollout
02:15of Governor Tim Walz is running Nate. I love this dude. Divisions remain within the party.
02:20The current president, Joe Biden, upset with Democrats who forced an early retirement.
02:24Does that bother you that your friends upset at you?
02:28What bothers me would have been the reelection of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
02:34That's what bothers me. And a major union upset that convention planners haven't given a voice
02:40to pro-Palestinian voices. The 400,000 member United Auto Workers Union writes,
02:45if we want real democracy and if we want to win this election, the Democratic Party must allow
02:50a Palestinian American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight.
02:55No, we're absolutely not taking their votes for granted. We've worked to engage them throughout
02:58the convention. We're proud of the fact that we held a panel. A lot of the local news coverage
03:04of the convention today on the last day is about how local leaders in Chicago are upset
03:10that there has not been a pro-Palestinian voice on the stage, at least not yet. So far,
03:16convention planners have done a very good job of preventing disruptive protests inside the
03:20convention hall. But worth pointing out, Kamala Harris has not been a pre-scheduled speaker
03:26until tonight. And you know who else has done a good job? We should give a hat to the Chicago
03:30police, Peter, because they really have kept this thing locked up. Knock on wood that tonight goes
03:36the same way, but it's logistically tough to get in and out. But Chicago police has really
03:40done a great job. Absolutely. And they had to put their heads together with federal partners
03:46to try to figure out what protesters have been doing at big events like the one that we're at
03:52right now. And it seems, based on all of what our teams have been noticing at the protests,
03:58is that they just overwhelmed, law enforcement overwhelmed protesters with numbers. They did
04:03not go anywhere where the protesters were not outnumbered by the police like two or three to one.
04:09All right, Peter Ducey on the convention floor. Peter, thanks. We'll talk to Mike Tobin outside
04:13in a little bit. Now to our other top story, a manhunt of an Arizona suspect who threatened
04:18former President Trump is now over. Correspondent Ayesha Hasan joins us with this breaking news
04:23story. Something else. Good evening, Ayesha. Oh, what a day, Brett. Definitely a stunning
04:28turn of events. You know, we've been reporting about this manhunt for about a good hour as the
04:34former President Trump came out and made his prepared remarks outside without bulletproof
04:39glass. But it appears that President Trump actually found out about all of this, the manhunt
04:46itself, through a reporter live on TV. Watch. Today there was a manhunt going on in this county.
04:54Somebody made death threats to you. Did you hear about that before coming?
04:57Thank you for telling me. Let's get out of here right now.
05:01But no, I haven't heard that. But I'm not that surprised. And the reason is because
05:05I want to do things that are very bad for the bad guys.
05:10Just incredible there, Brett. So the Cochise County Sheriff's Department has now confirmed
05:15that they have in custody this man, 66 year old Ronald Lee Served from Benson, Arizona.
05:22He's got some outstanding warrants in the state for a hit and run and a felony
05:26failure to register as a sex offender. So after the press conference, our Alicia Acuna,
05:31who's on the ground there with the president, she followed up with him about the search and
05:36what he was told, what he knew before he made those remarks out there in the board at the
05:42border. He says that he was told that it was dangerous and he was asked if he could move
05:47the location of the event, but not much else. Does that make you want to change the way you
05:53do events or anything? How do you respond to that? It makes me want to get away from this
05:56interview because you and I are standing out here and I was told, you think you could do
06:00it someplace else, but I have to do my job. It's a job. It's a dangerous job,
06:05but I have to do my job. This is so sad. And you've seen the whole thing today,
06:09and I hope you're going to report on it fairly. But this border is so dangerous.
06:14Yeah, Brett, it's truly stunning that the entire world apparently knew about this. We were covering
06:20it here on Fox News, and yet the former president, the center of it all, did not. So we've reached
06:25out to the Trump campaign to find out if this is routine, perhaps, to keep the president out
06:29of the loop when it's being broadcasted all over the world. No response just yet. Brett.
06:35Ayesha, thank you. The U.S. Supreme Court, meantime, reviving part of an Arizona voter
06:40law requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The justices in a 5-4 ruling
06:47agreed to reinstate a provision of the law after a federal judge blocked it in response to legal
06:53challenges by the Biden administration and advocacy groups. The law has seen plenty of
06:58legal challenges since it was adopted in 2022. The coalition to march on the DNC is holding its final
07:05protest near the United Center tonight in hopes of disrupting the convention as Vice President
07:11Harris takes the main stage. Thousands are expected to participate. As we said so far,
07:16law enforcement has done a fantastic job keeping everything at bay. Senior correspondent Mike Tobin
07:21is on the streets again tonight with the latest. Good evening, Mike.
07:26And, Brett, there was a flare-up here just a few minutes ago, and it was triggered by,
07:29of all people, Vivek Ramaswamy. He showed up here. The protesters who were gathering for their march
07:34ran him off, but as they were running him off, they bumped into each other as they started
07:38fighting for a little bit, but it ultimately calmed back down. And that's a contrast to what
07:42we saw certainly yesterday when thousands of them took to the street on the near West Side here,
07:48and it was largely peaceful, no arrest. There was one dust-up when a protester got onto the
07:53platform of the L-Stop at Damon. That's a Green Line stop. Police wrestled her to the ground.
07:58The protesters demanded that she be released. She was released. The march continued. They went
08:03with some unorthodox technique. About one in the morning, they went to the hotel where Vice
08:06President Harris is staying. They chanted. They banged drums. They chanted, if they can't sleep
08:11meeting the people in Gaza, then she can't sleep. Overall, the spokesman for the coalition
08:17referenced a statement made by President Biden that they've got a point to draw the conclusion
08:22that they are indeed getting through to the Democratic leadership.
08:26Two nights ago, he said, hey, those folks out, he might have gone off script.
08:30His people probably freaked out when he said it, but he said, those people out there,
08:35I understand why they're doing that, right? That means people are watching us. They're
08:41paying attention to us. They know that we're out here. It will affect them, and that's why we do it.
08:51Now, on Tuesday, the protesters created a conflict with police, but it was small relative to what we
08:56saw over the summer. Overall, they brought the numbers and the noise to guarantee Democrats in
09:02that convention can't ignore them. Brett. Mike Tobin, outside. Mike, thanks.
09:09Here's a sentence I never thought I'd hear myself saying.
09:14I'm Pete Buttigieg, and you might recognize me from Fox News.
09:18She has never hesitated to reach across that aisle if it meant improving your lives,
09:24and she's always done it with energy, with passion, and with joy.
09:31Let's discuss where the race stands and what we can expect from Vice President
09:34Harris's acceptance speech. Joining me tonight, Fox News Chief Political Analyst,
09:38Brett Hume. Brett, good evening. Hi, Brett.
09:40We're here, final night. You made it.
09:43I did. We've made it thus far, yeah.
09:46You know, listen, there's a lot of pressure here after these speeches, including the Obamas,
09:50and we've talked about this, President Clinton, big speeches. A lot of pressure on Vice President
09:55Harris. Yeah, I think, you know, that this is obviously the night that more people than have
09:59ever seen her before will see her in one, you know, one event. And what we're witnessing,
10:05Brett, is at least an attempt at a political alchemy, because it wasn't very long ago when
10:12Kamala Harris was regarded, certainly in Washington, where she'd been a senator and then Vice
10:16President, as something of a laughingstock. She was given to these sudden outbursts of
10:21sentences that were put down by a lot of people as word salad, and she said some truly inane
10:27things. There's no doubt about that. It is also the case that she composed, through statements
10:31she's made and things she supported, a pretty radical record. In fact, she described herself
10:36as a radical. That's all now to be set aside. We should forget all those things. This woman
10:41we thought was kind of a silly person and kind of a giggling lightweight is presented down now
10:46as Mamala and this wonderful family woman who's never hesitated, as you heard, to reach across
10:52the aisle and all the rest of it. And she will emerge here tonight. And the question is, will
10:57anybody buy it? And I think a great many people will. People all will. They've already decided.
11:02Yeah, but it's a big it's a big task. Whether it will withstand scrutiny over time. Don't know yet.
11:08Here's some of the headlines. The reinvention of Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris rushes to the center.
11:14Kamala Harris's nomination is a new day for Indian American representation. That's the Chicago
11:19Tribune. Rushes to the center. Is there any evidence that she's rushing to the center? We may
11:25hear it in this speech tonight, but at least up until now, it's only been statements from the
11:30administration. Not only that, the statements that we've heard have been from anonymous
11:34aides. Right. So, you know, these positions that she is said to have shifted, we've not heard out
11:40of her mouth. So, you know, when it comes to these things like her ban on fracking and her support for
11:46bail for rioters and so on, whether she's reputing at all that, we don't know from
11:53her own words. Maybe she hasn't. Who knows? Anonymous aides. I'm sorry. That's pretty thin.
11:57That is thin. What's the over under? Twelve midnight to eleven thirty. What do you think?
12:02I have a feeling they're going to get her out there in plenty of time to get it done before
12:06the eleventh hour in the east, or at least at least it won't be till midnight for sure. I think
12:10we could say. Well, we'll see you later tonight. Thank you. Coming up, let's take a look at some
12:16of the other stories making headlines. The Arkansas Supreme Court is upholding the state's
12:20rejection of signature positions for an abortion rights ballot initiative in Arkansas. The move
12:26keeps the proposal from going before voters in November. Arkansas currently bans abortion at any
12:31time during a pregnancy unless the woman's life is at risk. The Food and Drug Administration
12:36gives a stamp of approval to updated covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna targeting
12:41newer variants. The U.S. is currently experiencing its largest wave in covid-19 cases since January.
12:48And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes his first visit to the border area where his
12:53forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia. Zelensky says Kiev's military has taken
12:58control of another Russian village and captured more prisoners of war. Stocks today were down
13:04ahead of an economic speech tomorrow from Fed chair Jerome Powell. The Dow lost one hundred
13:09seventy eight. The S&P 500 dropped 50. The Nasdaq fell 300. Up next, California governor, Democratic
13:15Governor Gavin Newsom on what we've seen so far, what we can expect tonight and the state of the
13:20presidential race. But first, from the Pacific Ocean to Lake Michigan comes a delegation with
13:25a lot of drive. We're here on the floor of the Democratic National Convention and we are right
13:32in front of the California delegation, the California delegation actually home to Kamala
13:38Harris. They will have a front row seat for her big speech tonight. And one of the most famous
13:44U.S. road trips actually starts right here in Chicago. Route 66 crosses through eight states,
13:49ends in California. It's unlikely that anybody in this delegation chose to drive the 40 hours
13:55rather than take the four hour flight. They're all eager to hear the Democratic nominee's speech.
14:00Also watching closely tonight will be the home state governor, Gavin Newsom. He joins us next
14:05to talk about the speech, the way forward for the Democratic Party.
14:09More special report continues after this. We've got to have the back of this president.
14:14You don't turn your back because of one performance. What kind of party does that?
14:18It's been a masterclass. It's time for us to do the right thing,
14:23and that is to elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States of America.
14:30Our next guest was a major advocate for President Biden's reelection. On Tuesday,
14:33he delivered the final delegates of the convention to his fellow Californian
14:36Vice President Kamala Harris. Let's welcome California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
14:41It's good to be with you. That's a hell of a few weeks, those two clips.
14:44You know, evolution. You were one of the last high profile defenders.
14:48Yeah. You stuck in there.
14:49So I was raised. You don't turn your back on someone who's had our back. And
14:53you go home, as my dad used to say, with the one who brought you to the dance. So I
14:57believe in the character and decency of Joe Biden and his administration. So I was proud to do that.
15:02You know, you're one of the up and coming stars. You're already a star
15:05in the Democratic Party. Why are you not speaking at this convention?
15:08I spoke on the floor. It's what I was asked to do.
15:11And I'm doing everything I'm being asked to do. And you'll see me plenty
15:14out on the campaign trail for both the president and with the vice president himself.
15:18There's a lot of feeling of enthusiasm coming every night. It's the people in this hall are
15:23fired up. But taking this to the campaign trail, if you look at the latest polls,
15:28the direction of the country, right direction, 25.3 percent, wrong track, 64.8 percent.
15:36Why? Why is it on the line?
15:38We've been polarized and traumatized. The last three and a half years have been difficult.
15:41Last five, six, seven years. That's a Biden-Harris administration.
15:44Trump administration, covid. I mean, the challenges against the incumbent that is a
15:48Biden-Harris. We had 14.8 percent unemployment in April of 2020. We lost 154,000 manufacturing
15:55jobs during the Trump years. We're just coming out of this recession. We're finally taming
15:59inflation. We're finally here. You hear what you're saying? You're you're erasing the last
16:03three. And I'm saying I think it's more directional. I think it's been a challenging
16:06time for this country for many, many years, even before Biden-Harris were elected.
16:11And they couldn't get it done to change the time.
16:13My God, I mean, where the envy the world take. Don't take my word for Wall Street
16:17Journal in terms of economic growth. We're not the envy of the domestic wrong track,
16:21right track. I know. Same time we've seen record number of jobs, 11 times more jobs
16:27created by the Biden-Harris administration, even with the adjustment today of 818,000 jobs.
16:32It's a little weird, don't you? 14. Well, 14 point. That means 14.9 million
16:36jobs since they got into office. That is, Brett, 11 times more than the last three
16:42Republican administrations combined. The lowest black unemployment, Hispanic unemployment,
16:45the lowest unemployment for women in our lifetime in American manufacturing policy
16:50and industrial policy. That's worker centered. That's vanishing red and rural
16:54districts of this country more than it is even blue.
16:57And I appreciate all those stats. But what I'm saying is, is that when I listen to these
17:01speeches, it sounds like you're running against incumbent Donald Trump. But it's not the incumbent
17:06Donald Trump. It is Biden-Harris in the White House. Yeah, but right now you feel the fresh
17:10air of progress. You just do. You can't deny that. And there's a stale air of normalcy,
17:16a stale air of the past representative Donald Trump. And I mean this. I mean this sincerely.
17:20I know this tough audience that's going to take it from me. He's derivative of himself.
17:25He's less interesting. I'm less interested. He's not as entertaining. He seems way off his game
17:33for some time now, ever since that his convention speech, something just seems off.
17:38But for the people that say he gets it done and it's not hope and change and touchy feely stuff,
17:44it is substance and policy. What do you say to them? There's some people that think there
17:48should be more meat on the bone on this policy. If you go to the Harris website,
17:52there is no policy listed on the website. I'm happy to compare, contrast the policies
17:58coming from the Trump campaign that have the substance of fog. This is a convention.
18:04This is about why and what. Karl Rove said it best today in an op-ed he wrote,
18:12there's plenty of time for policy details. It's the Biden Harris administration as it relates
18:17to the IRA and the chips and science acts as it relates to the policies to bring down the cost
18:22of prescription drugs, all extraordinarily popular programs with the American people.
18:26We have seated tremendous amount of economic opportunity across this country. And she has
18:31the opportunity tonight to turn the page on the past to your point. Yeah. Legitimate point and
18:37talk about a compelling future where everyone feels her past when she ran in 2019 for president,
18:44she had a lot of policies, specific policy ideas that now we only have paper statements
18:50that they are saying that's completely different banning fracking where she is on Medicare for all
18:56immigration. All of these things are a one 80. Is she going to explain that to us?
19:01She's been part of the Biden Harris administration. She's been in office
19:05for the last three and a half years. So she has a record of accomplishments that I'll put up.
19:10I mean, we had come on, compare the accomplishments of this administration on infrastructure
19:14to the four years of the Trump administration, who is running. If you were running for president,
19:20wouldn't you say what you were for specifically? And if it differed dramatically from where you
19:25were just a few years ago, you would explain to people why you changed. She's been our nominee
19:29for how many minutes? 30 days. Okay. I mean, but I mean, how about getting through the convention
19:37of having the former roll call event with the 482 votes that we put her over the top from the state
19:42of California? How about a little grace under the circumstances, this remarkable moment in
19:47us history. And let's have a real conversation. You want an economic policy to compare,
19:51contrast. We know what Trump's is a 10% tax on the American people on 3.1 trillion dollars of
19:58goods, a 60% tax. You're talking about tariff. He hasn't laid off. He hasn't laid down at all
20:03across the board. He hasn't done that yet. And that's not true. Here we go to Kamala Harris
20:08from California. I want to go down that road because you know her. She backed the Freedom
20:13Fund that put murderers, rapists back on the street, still up and running. Harris promoted
20:17the bail fund in June 2020 that helped Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail. But only a
20:22fraction of the more than 41 million actually went to freeing rioters. That's from Minneapolis.
20:28Then she also did Prop 507 in California, which is coming under a lot of criticism.
20:35Which is 507. I know a lot of propositions. I've never heard of 507.
20:40The writing of how the prosecution for small crime.
20:45Oh, 47.
20:4647. I'm sorry.
20:47Yeah. Which is, by the way, the 10th toughest threshold in the United States of America,
20:50meaning you can steal up to $950 of goods and it will be charged as a misdemeanor. You can
20:55steal $2,500 in the state of Texas. Why you're not focusing on those other 40 states is behind me,
21:02beyond me. 10th toughest felony threshold in the United States of America.
21:06Do you think that the pitch that she was a tough prosecutor in California is going to stay?
21:10You remember her primary for president? She was attacked from the left for being too tough,
21:16for being prosecutor, for having a prosecutorial mindset.
21:20So look, I mean, all these things, this is all fair game. But at the end of the day,
21:24she's got a record of accomplishments as being part of the Biden-Harris administration.
21:29We've seen inflation tamed down to 2.9%. No one's denying the inflation scars. No one's
21:35denying what's happened around the world, with a few exceptions around the globe as it relates
21:40to the impacts of COVID in supply chains, a war in Ukraine and the impacts that's had on the
21:46global economy. But no country has done better and no investments have been made comparable anywhere
21:52in the world as profound and meaningful as the industrial policies that have been seeded by the
21:58Biden-Harris administration. This theme of this convention, a lot of it is about freedom.
22:04You have criticism of Governor Tim Walz and how he handled COVID-19. Obviously,
22:09you took criticism about how you handled COVID-19, that there was a real crackdown
22:14on people's businesses and how they dealt with things. How do you say that that was freedom?
22:19Well, I mean, in health, wealth and education, states like California outperformed states
22:23like Florida. They claimed to be freedom states, even though they're banning books,
22:27banning speech in the boardroom, in the classroom, banning women's rights,
22:31right to choose. I mean, you want to compare and contrast, pretty easy.
22:34We believe in bodily autonomy, being the freedom to love, freedom to go to school without fear,
22:38of being gunned down. We care more about our children than the National Rifle Association.
22:43I'll take this debate head on any day of the week on freedom. And don't forget,
22:46I was doing ads a couple of years ago on this saying, how in the hell are we losing the debate
22:51on freedom? And with respect during COVID, Donald Trump himself was out there promoting a lot of
22:56these policies, supporting this policy. I don't think that, I know that because I was-
23:00He was not supporting going after people and having neighbors snitch on neighbors.
23:04No one, that wasn't about, but as it relates to the concerns-
23:08The concerns that were expressed-
23:08In Governor Walsh's case, it was. All right, I'm going to leave you with this.
23:11These early days of COVID, all of us, all of us were similar to Donald Trump.
23:12The Republicans are going to focus on immigration. You know this, immigration and the border.
23:17Yes, sir.
23:17San Diego becomes the latest hotspot in the border crisis. The percent of change increase in
23:22California. It's dropping in the Texas sectors. It's up in San Diego of illegal immigrants.
23:29The flow of illegal immigrants, how many have come over under this administration, Biden-Harris.
23:34Yep.
23:35It is a major, major issue for a lot of America.
23:38Well, it's a major issue for me as we had a chance to do something
23:40substantive by adding 1,500 new border agents, 4,300 new asylum
23:44officers, 100 new judges, $650 million for the border wall and Donald Trump killed it
23:50because he wanted it as a campaign issue. He wanted to demagogue it.
23:52I don't disagree with you. I'm the border state governor with the largest land port
23:56in the Western hemisphere. I was just down there again last week in cartel tunnels,
24:02not just above around the walls. I put 394 National Guard men and women on the border.
24:08Just the issue of-
24:09Why is it not working?
24:10It has been working.
24:11It's clearly not.
24:12You guys haven't been running and screaming headlines most of the last four years. California
24:17has done our best to put a lid on this, but it's a federal responsibility, a federal framework.
24:21And since the executive order border crossings are down below where they were during the Trump
24:25administration, I hope someone here would give a little grace to the accomplishments
24:29of the Biden administration and the EO.
24:31We've done that. We've talked about the lowering numbers, but if you look at where they were
24:36three years ago, it's still upside down.
24:38Yeah, and under Trump it was higher than under the Obama administration.
24:41And we appreciate you coming on and taking tough questions. Is there any little part of you
24:46that wants to be on that stage tonight accepting this nomination? Just a little bit.
24:51No.
24:51Just a little bit.
24:52No, no. I don't need the stress in my life. I like my kids. I like spending time with them.
24:57I was able to bring them to school, first day of school on Monday.
25:01That's the joy that I'm experiencing, not just the joy that's expressed in the convention.
25:05I'll be in the front row. You'll see me applauding a friend of almost 30 years.
25:10We knew each other before we were both in politics. It's a point of deep pride.
25:14And what an honor it is to be here as governor, representing a great state,
25:17despite all our challenges. And it's an honor to be here with you as the music.
25:22They started the orchestra, Governor.
25:23Settles in.
25:24That's like the Oscars. We got to wrap it up.
25:26Unbelievable fourth night.
25:28Governor, we appreciate you coming here. Thank you very much. All right. Up next,
25:32we get to know three delegates from three different states on different issues motivating them.
25:36Restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in downtown Chicago. I'm with three delegates,
25:42Liz Brown Reeves from Illinois, Josh Hickman from Ohio, and Shante Rothschild from Arizona.
25:48Thanks for being here. It's an exciting time. All of you are delegates. And obviously,
25:54this is a completely different convention because it's a completely different ticket.
26:00You know, let me start with you, Liz. You're here in Illinois.
26:05How does this how do you feel about it now that it has kind of completely changed in 30 days?
26:11Honestly, on fire. Not only is Illinois the host for the convention,
26:16but the change up on the ticket is really energized people throughout the entire state.
26:21Yeah. Josh, you're from the Ohio State. I made sure to put the V in there.
26:27Decided to get involved in this. I mean, something you're passionate about.
26:31So I'm a public policy student at Ohio State. My minor is education policy,
26:34making sure that we have a strong public education system where we're paying our teachers well,
26:38making sure we're focusing on teaching kids how to read rather than banning books
26:42and just making sure that there's a culture where good mental health is promoted.
26:45Shante, you're from Arizona. And what brought you here? Why did you get to be a delegate?
26:50A first time delegate. Very excited. What brought me here is just wanting to have an interest,
26:56have a voice. I mean, of this table, you're the swingiest of swing states,
27:01Arizona. Yes. Looks like it might be tied again. Yes, most definitely. Most definitely. I think
27:07people are very passionate. I think I'm what I am seeing is that people are working across party
27:12lines, which I love because they just want to get the job done. Liz, what drives you? What's the
27:18issue that really drives you? Reproductive rights. I mean, I am a female. I'm so glad I live here in
27:24Illinois where we have the blue wall. Our governor, our legislature has done everything to make sure
27:31that women have a right to choose in this state. There's a lot of people in other states that don't
27:37have that freedom right now. Do you think that moves the needle in other states that might be
27:41more independent, moderate? Absolutely. I think you're going to see major turnout. Sometimes young
27:47people say they want to get involved, but then it doesn't materialize at the polls. I think that's a
27:52great question, Brett. With young voters and President Biden, we still saw a lot of excitement
27:56about his policies. But I think having the face of Kamala Harris, that's exactly the type of leader
28:01that I think my generation wants to see and what we want to become one day ourselves. Now, do you
28:06guys have friends who are Trump people? I'm in the most red district in the state of Illinois that,
28:13and I'm friends with people that are Trump people. But at the end of the day, and we talk Turkey,
28:18my core people that I rely on the most are people that really do have the same core beliefs that I
28:27do. I've talked to some families, Shante, that just broken up because they just can't talk to
28:31each other because of the politics. I do this thing called Common Ground where I try to bring
28:36Republicans and Democrats together to talk about what they're working on. But sometimes it's just
28:42two different views. How do you look at it? You've got friends who are voting the other way.
28:48I really ask people to think about what's logical. And so what we try not to do is identify which
28:54party, right, which team, Raiders versus Cardinals or what have you, but say what's important to you.
28:59I would never want to lose anyone based on a political view, a friendship relationship.
29:04And I think those debates are something that are really important on a national
29:09stage. And then you're able to come back to your neighborhoods, to your friends, for me,
29:13fellow moms and people in the community and have the conversation. We're Americans first.
29:18And I think that that's something that's really important for us to remember.
29:22You say debates are important. We've got September 10th coming up. That's a big deal.
29:26But when you guys saw the debate on June 27th, Shante, what were you thinking when
29:32in those first minutes? Would you watch it?
29:35I watched it, but I honestly had to turn it off because I was surrounded by family and
29:40friends and we ended up having our own internal debate. I think for I hear the word debate and
29:46I automatically go to a disagreement of why I'm right versus why you are right.
29:51It's OK to be uncomfortable to say, I don't know. Explain that for me. And so I'm hoping
29:56that the debate will do so at a level to people where people feel comfortable that they're getting
30:00the facts. You guys want to hear more details of policy. You're kind of happy what's happening
30:05right now as far as the campaign from the Harris-Walz campaign. Looking for a little
30:11bit more details. When you are at the doors, you hear the questions, you hear the frustrations,
30:16you see the crime, you have those questions. And if we don't have the information,
30:21we can't help people to get to the point to make a decision, to feel the importance of
30:25why their vote matters. And so I think getting more details, the same message, just a little
30:32bit more details, I think will be helpful. What do you think really is going to drive the day?
30:36I know what is passion, your passion about education, but what do you think moves the
30:41needle for those swing voters who haven't decided yet? I think at the end of the day,
30:45it's always you vote with your pocketbook, right? So as a pretty much broke college kid
30:49who's paying my first rent here on an off campus house, I'm starting to realize, OK,
30:53now I've got to start really budgeting for these groceries. I've got to buy a budget for rent.
30:57For President Biden, he's still the president for five months, but it's pretty much just
31:01a swan song for him. Was there a little tinge of sadness in some of that? He was passing the torch
31:08and that's what needed to be done. Some people say he kind of got pushed out, but it was his
31:12decision at the end. I'm a very sentimental person. And so with that, the way...
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