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| Democratic convention live: Bill Clinton to speak on night Hillary nominated | Democratic convention live: Bill Clinton to speak on night Hillary nominated |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 2.22am BST | |
| 02:22 | |
| Congressman accuses Trump of cashing in on 9/11 | |
| Representative Joseph Crowley of New York has just said that Donald Trump “cashed in” on 9/11, “collecting 150,000 in federal funds ...even though in the days after the attack he said his properties” were fine. | |
| Crowley: | |
| Donald Trump saw a little payday for his empire. It was one of our nation’s darkest days. But for Trump, it was just another opportunity to make a quick buck. | |
| 2.16am BST | |
| 02:16 | |
| Sweeney: | |
| “When we needed someone to speak for us, to stand with us, to fight on our behalf, Hillary Clinton was there every step of the way.” | |
| Next up is Lauren Manning, a former Cantor Fitzgerald employee who spent more than six months in the hospital after 9/11 recovering from severe burns. | |
| I fought in tribute to my friends and colleagues at Cantor Fitzgerald that I loss that day.. and all who were killed. To honor our troops on the front line... and I fought to return to my young son, 10 months old at the time. | |
| I fought as hard as I could so that the terrorists would not get one more. Hillary Clinton stood with me through that fight. And in the darkest of days and the hardest of times, the people that show up in your life are the ones that mean everything... | |
| As a woman working in business for years I know you have to be tough. In that woman is a hell of a tough person.... | |
| When New York needed her, she was there. I trusted her when my life was on the line, and she came through.. because that’s who she is. Kind, caring loyal. She had my back. | |
| She was there for me, and that’s why I’m with her. | |
| Manning’s account is powerful, and she’s applauded earnestly. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.17am BST | |
| 2.10am BST | |
| 02:10 | |
| New section. It’s “FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: STANDING UP FOR 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS & SURVIVORS.” | |
| Here onstage to introduce it is actress Debra Messing, of Will & Grace fame. She’s talking about how New York City endured 9/11 and its aftermath. The crowd is talking right along. A bit of an awkward disconnect now between the easy move of the crowd and the pictures – here are the pictures and videos – of running people covered in dust and the wreckage of the buildings. | |
| The video uses a clip of then-mayor Rudy Giuliani saying “the health department is not concerned.” | |
| Then it cuts to Clinton saying, “The government didn’t tell the truth. They told people the air was safe. It wasn’t safe.” | |
| Then onscreen is Joe Sweeney, who was a detective with the NYPD on September 11, 2001, and who dug through the rubble for survivors. He says, “she got the hospitals onboard, she got us care... she had our back, we knew that. And that’s what you want in a president.” | |
| The video wraps and Sweeney walks out to speak. | |
| 2.05am BST | |
| 02:05 | |
| Senator Barbara Boxer now. She’s known Hillary Clinton for more than 20 years. Which is in this crowd doesn’t even really count as a long time. “And my daughter was married to her brother so my beloved grandson is her beloved nephew,” Boxer adds, which puts her indeed closer than most. | |
| Boxer says Clinton is a mom who knew her daughter well. | |
| The crowd is kind of loud as Boxer speaks, wavering in its attention and very chatty. The ledge behind this press filing section is lined with emptying beers, which compete for space with the feet of reclining attendees (not delegates, mind you – these comfortable folks have no business to conduct, probably). The room is full again, and still filling – the flow is incoming. Someone must’ve gotten ahold of the playbill for the 10 o’clock hour, which bears the names Bill Clinton, Meryl Streep and Alicia Keys. | |
| But the crowd does applaud Boxer when she says, “she’s still standing!” | |
| And she’s applauded for a pointed defense of abortion rights: | |
| Well I have a message for Donald Trump and Michael Pence. WE are not going back to the dark days, when women died in back alleys. We are never, ever, ever going back. Ever. | |
| 1.54am BST | |
| 01:54 | |
| We realize we neglected to list what the six sections are, of this part of the program. | |
| They are: | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: KIDS AND FAMILIES | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: SOCIAL JUSTICE | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: WOMEN AND FAMILIES | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: STANDING UP FOR 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS & SURVIVORS | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: HEALTH CARE | |
| FIGHTS OF HER LIFE: SECRETARY OF STATE | |
| We are in the “women and families” section. There’s still plenty of Clinton experience to sort through. The night is young, from a policy perspective. | |
| 1.52am BST | |
| 01:52 | |
| Lena Dunham: 'deal us in' | |
| Next up are actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera. | |
| “Hi, I’m Lena Dunham, and according to Donald Trump, my body is like a 2.” | |
| “And I’m America Ferrera, and according to Donald Trump, I’m probably a rapist.” | |
| [Ferrera has Honduran roots.] | |
| They continue: | |
| “We now what you’re thinking, why should we care what some celebrity says about politics? And we agree. But he is the Republican nominee...” | |
| They say they are “proud to say, ‘we’re with Hillary.’” | |
| Dunham: ‘As Hillary Clinton says, deal us in.” | |
| They announce a program in which people can text the campaign and get official women cards in return. | |
| They end by saying “Love Trumps hate!” and walk off arm-in-arm. | |
| 1.48am BST | 1.48am BST |
| 01:48 | 01:48 |
| Richards: Women will beat Trump | |
| Cecile Richards, the Planned Parenthood president: | |
| “Make no mistake about it. Women’s health and rights are on the line and on the ballot this election.” | “Make no mistake about it. Women’s health and rights are on the line and on the ballot this election.” |
| Then she gets a big applause by vowing that women will win the election for Clinton, which in fact is almost positively how it will happen if it happens: | Then she gets a big applause by vowing that women will win the election for Clinton, which in fact is almost positively how it will happen if it happens: |
| Donald Trump “says pregnancy is an ‘inconvenience’ for a woman’s employer,” Richards says. | Donald Trump “says pregnancy is an ‘inconvenience’ for a woman’s employer,” Richards says. |
| Well Mr Trump, come this November, women are going to be more than an inconvenience. Women are going to be the reason you’re not elected. | Well Mr Trump, come this November, women are going to be more than an inconvenience. Women are going to be the reason you’re not elected. |
| Updated | |
| at 1.54am BST | |
| 1.43am BST | 1.43am BST |
| 01:43 | 01:43 |
| Elizabeth Banks asks whether there are any women in the house. | Elizabeth Banks asks whether there are any women in the house. |
| They applaud. | They applaud. |
| “Yeah. No duh. We’re half the population! We’re everywhere! And Hillary Clinton knows this.” | “Yeah. No duh. We’re half the population! We’re everywhere! And Hillary Clinton knows this.” |
| The “fight of her life” this section focuses on is “women and families”. | The “fight of her life” this section focuses on is “women and families”. |
| Banks introduces a video of Donald Trump saying nasty things about women. It’s ugly enough that it actually wins some boos from a crowd that hasn’t seem particularly interested in conducting one-minute-hates targeting Trump. | Banks introduces a video of Donald Trump saying nasty things about women. It’s ugly enough that it actually wins some boos from a crowd that hasn’t seem particularly interested in conducting one-minute-hates targeting Trump. |
| Then Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood action fund, taes the stage. | Then Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood action fund, taes the stage. |
| Next up are America Fererra and Lena Dunham. | Next up are America Fererra and Lena Dunham. |
| 1.34am BST | 1.34am BST |
| 01:34 | 01:34 |
| Now here’s Andra Day singing Rise Up. | Now here’s Andra Day singing Rise Up. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.35am BST | at 1.35am BST |
| 1.34am BST | 1.34am BST |
| 01:34 | 01:34 |
| Crowd chants: Black Lives Matter | Crowd chants: Black Lives Matter |
| First to speak is Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, who died in a jail cell after an unlawful traffic stop and arrest. | First to speak is Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, who died in a jail cell after an unlawful traffic stop and arrest. |
| “So many of our children are gone, but they are not forgotten. I am here with Hillary Clinton tonight, because she is a leader and a mother who will save our children’s lives. She knows that when a young black live is cut short, it’s not just a loss, it’s a personal loss, it’s a national loss, it’s a loss that diminishes all of us. What a blessing tonight to be standing here so that Sandy can still speak through her momma.” | “So many of our children are gone, but they are not forgotten. I am here with Hillary Clinton tonight, because she is a leader and a mother who will save our children’s lives. She knows that when a young black live is cut short, it’s not just a loss, it’s a personal loss, it’s a national loss, it’s a loss that diminishes all of us. What a blessing tonight to be standing here so that Sandy can still speak through her momma.” |
| She gets a standing ovation. It’s a moment charged with emotion in the hall. Reed-Veal is crying. | She gets a standing ovation. It’s a moment charged with emotion in the hall. Reed-Veal is crying. |
| To address the problem, she says “we’ve got to cast our votes for a president who will help lead us down a path to restoration and change.” | To address the problem, she says “we’ve got to cast our votes for a president who will help lead us down a path to restoration and change.” |
| Next is Lucy McBath, Jordan Davis’ mother. “He was shot and killed for playing loud music,” she says, but she still wakes up every day thinking about how to parent him. How to protect his legacy. | Next is Lucy McBath, Jordan Davis’ mother. “He was shot and killed for playing loud music,” she says, but she still wakes up every day thinking about how to parent him. How to protect his legacy. |
| She shares memories of her son. He wouldn’t buy a popsicle if there wasn’t some to share with friends. She warned him that because he was a young black man he would meet people who didn’t value him for his life. “That is a conversation that no parent should ever have with their child. Hillary Clinton isn’t afraid to say that Black Lives Matter... she doesn’t build walls around her heart. | She shares memories of her son. He wouldn’t buy a popsicle if there wasn’t some to share with friends. She warned him that because he was a young black man he would meet people who didn’t value him for his life. “That is a conversation that no parent should ever have with their child. Hillary Clinton isn’t afraid to say that Black Lives Matter... she doesn’t build walls around her heart. |
| She invited us to become part of the solution, and that’s what we’re going to do. ... | She invited us to become part of the solution, and that’s what we’re going to do. ... |
| The majority of police officers are good people doing a good job. And we’re also going to keep using our voices and our votes to support people like Hillary Clinton... so that this club of heartbroken mothers stops growing. | The majority of police officers are good people doing a good job. And we’re also going to keep using our voices and our votes to support people like Hillary Clinton... so that this club of heartbroken mothers stops growing. |
| Now Sybrina Fulton, Travyon Martin’s mother, the 12-year-old killed in a park in Cleveland. “I am here today for my son, Trayvon Martin, who is in heaven,” she says, and for his brother who is still here on Earth. | Now Sybrina Fulton, Travyon Martin’s mother, the 12-year-old killed in a park in Cleveland. “I am here today for my son, Trayvon Martin, who is in heaven,” she says, and for his brother who is still here on Earth. |
| “I will do everything I can to focus this light on the pain of a path out of darkness. Hillary Clinton has the compassion to support grieving mothers. She has the courage to support common-sense gun legislation. | “I will do everything I can to focus this light on the pain of a path out of darkness. Hillary Clinton has the compassion to support grieving mothers. She has the courage to support common-sense gun legislation. |
| “This isn’t about being politically correct. This is about saving our children. That’s why we’re here, tonight, with Hillary Clinton, and that’s why, in memory of our children, we are employing you, all of you, to vote this election day. Hillary is one mother who can ensure our movement will succeed. | “This isn’t about being politically correct. This is about saving our children. That’s why we’re here, tonight, with Hillary Clinton, and that’s why, in memory of our children, we are employing you, all of you, to vote this election day. Hillary is one mother who can ensure our movement will succeed. |
| “We’d like to leave with you what god has given us: strength, love, and peace. Thank you.” | “We’d like to leave with you what god has given us: strength, love, and peace. Thank you.” |
| The group walks off. The crowd stands and they are applauded heartily. | The group walks off. The crowd stands and they are applauded heartily. |
| There’s a chant in the hall: Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter! | There’s a chant in the hall: Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter! |
| The Republicans, by contrast, chanted All Lives Matter! All Lives Matter! | The Republicans, by contrast, chanted All Lives Matter! All Lives Matter! |
| 1.24am BST | 1.24am BST |
| 01:24 | 01:24 |
| Mothers of victims of police violence | Mothers of victims of police violence |
| Actor Tony Goldwyn comes out to introduce the “Mothers of the Movement” who have lost children to gun violence. | Actor Tony Goldwyn comes out to introduce the “Mothers of the Movement” who have lost children to gun violence. |
| First there is a video in which the mothers talk about how an initially planned 30-minute meeting with Clinton went for two hours. They are: | First there is a video in which the mothers talk about how an initially planned 30-minute meeting with Clinton went for two hours. They are: |
| Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother | Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother |
| Geneva Reed-Veal, Sandra Bland’s mother | Geneva Reed-Veal, Sandra Bland’s mother |
| Lucy McBath, Jordan Davis’ mother | Lucy McBath, Jordan Davis’ mother |
| Gwen Carr, Eric Garner’s mother | Gwen Carr, Eric Garner’s mother |
| Cleopatra Pendelton, Hadiya Pendleton’s mother | Cleopatra Pendelton, Hadiya Pendleton’s mother |
| Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton | Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton |
| Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s mother | Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s mother |
| Wanda Johnson, mother of Michael Grant | Wanda Johnson, mother of Michael Grant |
| 1.18am BST | 1.18am BST |
| 01:18 | 01:18 |
| The protest at the media tents has dissipated, our sources tell us. | The protest at the media tents has dissipated, our sources tell us. |
| 1.14am BST | 1.14am BST |
| 01:14 | 01:14 |
| Hillary Clinton has tweeted footage of Sanders calling for a suspension of the rules and her nomination by acclamation: | Hillary Clinton has tweeted footage of Sanders calling for a suspension of the rules and her nomination by acclamation: |
| Stronger together. https://t.co/9x1zuMqFfs | Stronger together. https://t.co/9x1zuMqFfs |
| 1.12am BST | 1.12am BST |
| 01:12 | 01:12 |
| Holder: voter suppression 'echoes of Jim Crow' | Holder: voter suppression 'echoes of Jim Crow' |
| Violent crime has gone down since president Obama took office,” Holder says, in tacit pushback against the Republican – the Trumpian – narrative. | Violent crime has gone down since president Obama took office,” Holder says, in tacit pushback against the Republican – the Trumpian – narrative. |
| Then Holder decries attacks on the right to vote: | Then Holder decries attacks on the right to vote: |
| “At a time when the right to vote is under siege – when Republicans brazenly assault the most fundamental right of our democracy – passing laws designed to stop people from voting, while closing locations in minority neighborhoods, where people get the documents they need to vote - we need a president sensitive to these echoes of Jim Crow.” | “At a time when the right to vote is under siege – when Republicans brazenly assault the most fundamental right of our democracy – passing laws designed to stop people from voting, while closing locations in minority neighborhoods, where people get the documents they need to vote - we need a president sensitive to these echoes of Jim Crow.” |
| Hillary Clinton will be that president, he says. | Hillary Clinton will be that president, he says. |
| 1.09am BST | 1.09am BST |
| 01:09 | 01:09 |
| Up now is former attorney general Eric Holder. | Up now is former attorney general Eric Holder. |
| We have his prepared remarks here, which he reads faithfully – “I am proud to say ‘I’m with Her!’” – but then he departs from the text a bit to take a jab at Donald Trump. | We have his prepared remarks here, which he reads faithfully – “I am proud to say ‘I’m with Her!’” – but then he departs from the text a bit to take a jab at Donald Trump. |
| Clinton, says Holder, has “the strength to lead our already great nation – did you hear what I just said? Already great nation. Donald did you hear me? Already great nation – in this hour of challenge and consequence.” | Clinton, says Holder, has “the strength to lead our already great nation – did you hear what I just said? Already great nation. Donald did you hear me? Already great nation – in this hour of challenge and consequence.” |
| 1.06am BST | 1.06am BST |
| 01:06 | 01:06 |
| Actress Elizabeth Banks is back. She introduces a new video. “This is next fight of Hillary Clinton’s life: social justice,” she says. | Actress Elizabeth Banks is back. She introduces a new video. “This is next fight of Hillary Clinton’s life: social justice,” she says. |
| The videos summarize Clinton’s life and work. They highlight her work with the children’s defense fund, as Arkansas first lady, as a health care reform advocate and CHIPs achiever, and (separately) as senator and secretary of state. The current video makes the case for Clinton as socially conscience leader. | The videos summarize Clinton’s life and work. They highlight her work with the children’s defense fund, as Arkansas first lady, as a health care reform advocate and CHIPs achiever, and (separately) as senator and secretary of state. The current video makes the case for Clinton as socially conscience leader. |
| 12.54am BST | 12.54am BST |
| 00:54 | 00:54 |
| Media tent protesters demand talks with DNC | Media tent protesters demand talks with DNC |
| Adam Gabbatt | Adam Gabbatt |
| Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt is interviewing protesters inside the media tents. He writes: | Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt is interviewing protesters inside the media tents. He writes: |
| Michele Horne, a South Carolina delegate, was among those sitting on the floor. She was not wearing a gag. | Michele Horne, a South Carolina delegate, was among those sitting on the floor. She was not wearing a gag. |
| Horne said she had started a Facebook group for delegates over the summer and there had been discussion about action at the DNC. She had only heard of a firm plan this afternoon. | Horne said she had started a Facebook group for delegates over the summer and there had been discussion about action at the DNC. She had only heard of a firm plan this afternoon. |
| “There’s been talk of some kind of walk out sit in on the table from the get go,” she said. | “There’s been talk of some kind of walk out sit in on the table from the get go,” she said. |
| “Then the Wikileaks happened and the way the the party handled that was so beyond the pail,” she said. | “Then the Wikileaks happened and the way the the party handled that was so beyond the pail,” she said. |
| Horne said the delegates were demanding discussions with high level Democratic National Committee members. | Horne said the delegates were demanding discussions with high level Democratic National Committee members. |
| “There is a specific negotiating point but I’m not going to discuss that because it’s not a strategic option for negotiating,” she said. | “There is a specific negotiating point but I’m not going to discuss that because it’s not a strategic option for negotiating,” she said. |
| “There is an issue on the table for the organisers [of the convention],” she said. Horne wasn’t clear how or where the negotiation would take place. | “There is an issue on the table for the organisers [of the convention],” she said. Horne wasn’t clear how or where the negotiation would take place. |
| Impressively, Horne had made it into the media tent despite having sprained her ankle this morning. Her leg was in a protective cast and she had hobbled over from the Wells Fargo Arena on crutches. | Impressively, Horne had made it into the media tent despite having sprained her ankle this morning. Her leg was in a protective cast and she had hobbled over from the Wells Fargo Arena on crutches. |
| “It hurts like a son of a bitch,” she said. | “It hurts like a son of a bitch,” she said. |
| 12.52am BST | 12.52am BST |
| 00:52 | 00:52 |
| Here now is interim DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile. That’s a lot of applause for her. She’s a well-known, longtime and popular presence. | Here now is interim DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile. That’s a lot of applause for her. She’s a well-known, longtime and popular presence. |
| “Growing up I was told that a lady should never reveal her age,” she begins. “So I will simply say this. I’m no spring chicken. I seen some things.” | “Growing up I was told that a lady should never reveal her age,” she begins. “So I will simply say this. I’m no spring chicken. I seen some things.” |
| She talks about memories running from the Jim Crow south to the election of the first black president. | She talks about memories running from the Jim Crow south to the election of the first black president. |
| “But I have never ever in all of my years seen a leader so committed to delivering a better future for America’s children as Hillary Clinton.” | “But I have never ever in all of my years seen a leader so committed to delivering a better future for America’s children as Hillary Clinton.” |