Meet the Press NOW — August 20

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🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Kristen Welker anchors Meet the Press NOW live from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Harris-Walz Principal Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks discusses night one of the DNC and President Biden's address to the nation. Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles (R) explains why he is endorsing VP Harris ahead of his speech at the DNC.

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0:00.0	And welcome to a very special edition of Meet the Press Now, live from the Democratic National Convention right here in Chicago.
0:17.0	I am Kristen Welker on day two of the action here at the United Center after an historic opening night with
0:24.3	President Biden receiving a nearly five minute ovation from the crowd and
0:28.6	officially passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris in an emotional lengthy and much
0:36.0	later than expected speech where he touted his record praising Harris and her
0:41.1	vision for the country and dismissing reports of
0:43.7	personal bitterness about her nomination. Take a listen to a little bit of what
0:47.1	he had to say.
0:48.1	It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job, but I love my country more.
0:57.0	I love my country more.
1:10.0	From all this talk about how I'm angry at all those people said I should step down. It's not true. We're not up.
1:14.0	We need to love.
1:16.0	We do love.
1:18.0	We do love.
1:20.0	We can. I love my country more and we need to preserve our democracy. In 2024,
1:31.0	selecting Kamala was the very first decision I made before I became when I became
1:37.6	our nominee and it was the best decision I made my whole career. Now in a surprise appearance ahead of the President's address, Harris thanked President Biden for his service telling the crowd, quote, we are forever grateful.
1:56.4	In his speech, Mr. Biden warning against clear and present threats to democracy while calling
2:01.6	former President Trump unfit for office.
2:04.3	Those remarks coming after some of the evenings other headliners ramped up their
2:08.4	attacks on the former president including Hillary Clinton.
2:11.9	The former Democratic nominee celebrating
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