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Democratic convention live: Bill Clinton calls Hillary 'best darn change-maker I know' Democratic convention live: Bill Clinton calls Hillary 'best darn change-maker I know'
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Here’s the RNC response to tonight’s fireworks in Philly. Reince Priebus calls Clinton “the most scandal-plagued and disliked candidate in the history of the party”:
Tonight Democrats formally nominated the most scandal-plagued and disliked candidate in the history of their party,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “Despite clinching the nomination, poll after poll continues to show Hillary Clinton’s trustworthiness and favorability sinking to all-time lows, and her constant shapeshifting on the issues will only further alienate millions of Americans already repelled by her cronyism and double standards. Simply put, Hillary Clinton cannot escape the fact Americans overwhelmingly regard her as dishonest, hypocritical, and completely out for herself. Our country cannot afford for her to bring her poor judgment and unethical behavior into the White House.
Whether it’s her endless flip-flops on the issues, perfecting the art of politics for personal gain, or benefitting from a rigged system, Americans simply do not like Hillary Clinton. While Democrats have chosen to nominate a career Washington insider who is always out for herself, Donald Trump is promising to shake up Washington and bring strong leadership that will restore prosperity, secure our homeland, and Make America Great Again.”
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Further reaction:
There is a YUGE gulf in the quality of staging/theatrics/performers between the RNC and the DNC.
Very clever finale.
Is “curmudgeon” the word for this?
Maybe I'm a curmudgeon, but none of this "grit" talk matters unless Hillary faces reporters in a press conference. It's been 235 days.
Smart move by the Democrats to have Pres. @billclinton play a key role in their convention.
Here’s Clinton’s “yes we can” video:
Watch: Hillary Clinton's celebrity supporters sing 'Fight Song' https://t.co/PWpbRzwpOM pic.twitter.com/QnQ7IlSzsp
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Here’s what was going on just before the Clinton-glass-splosion:
Earlier, during @aliciakeys performance. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/EJIFpD8Aw9
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Representative Fudge comes out as the delegates stream out. The convention is recessed until 4.30pm tomorrow.
What did you think of the breaking glass thing? It sure did work for the crowd.
Beats a fog machine.
little did you know that the glass ceiling is Barack Obama's FACE.
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Clinton addresses convention by video
“Tonight is an incredible night for American history and feminist history...” says Keys.
It seems like she’s going to sing Girl on Fire. But suddenly there’s a slide show of dead presidents – of all the presidents. Where’d Keys go?
Wow Barack Obama gets a cheer. But what happens next is the real show-stopper...
Hillary Clinton herself – well, a video of her – breaks through the slide show to the sound of shattering glass and she kind of is blinking there on the video screen.
She looks a bit like Zod. That was definitely from Superman with the glass. There’s Hillary Clinton now addressing the crowd.
The crowd is “freaking out”.
She says this:
I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet ... this is really your victory.
And if there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say: ‘I may become the first woman president but one of you is next.’
The crowd freakout twists a few notches tighter to full throttle freakout.
So it turns out that – wait, is Alicia Keys going to skip Girl on Fire? They really collapsed the program.
Anyway, here’s Girl on Fire:
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Alicia Keys:
“Big up to Bernie Sanders– Where my Bernie people at?”
Some cheers.
“Big up to Hillary Clinton– where my Hillary people at?”
That sounds like about everybody now. She introduces her next song:
We can’t let politics divide us. We have to show the world that bigotry and fear will never win, because we have so much in common.
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Here’s Alicia Keys, who begins with Superwoman:Here’s Alicia Keys, who begins with Superwoman:
I dedicate this song to the mothers of the movement and to all mothers who have lost their children to senseless violence.I dedicate this song to the mothers of the movement and to all mothers who have lost their children to senseless violence.
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Here’s a quickie roundup of reaction from non-Democrats to Bill Clinton’s speech:Here’s a quickie roundup of reaction from non-Democrats to Bill Clinton’s speech:
Steve Schmidt just said Bill Clinton's speech was a "wedding toast gone bad."Steve Schmidt just said Bill Clinton's speech was a "wedding toast gone bad."
True to form, Bill Clinton just sent the DNC a $350,000 bill for that speech.#DNCinPHLTrue to form, Bill Clinton just sent the DNC a $350,000 bill for that speech.#DNCinPHL
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Streep pitches Clinton as historic figureStreep pitches Clinton as historic figure
Streep asks of Clinton, “How does she do it? Where does she get her grit and her grace? Where do any of our female firsts... where do they find that strength?”Streep asks of Clinton, “How does she do it? Where does she get her grit and her grace? Where do any of our female firsts... where do they find that strength?”
Then she places Clinton in some incredible company: Parks, Chisholm, Tubman, Ride, O’Connor...Then she places Clinton in some incredible company: Parks, Chisholm, Tubman, Ride, O’Connor...
“They have forged new paths so that others can follow them. Men and women. Generation after generation. That’s Hillary. That’s America.”“They have forged new paths so that others can follow them. Men and women. Generation after generation. That’s Hillary. That’s America.”
Streep says, “you people have made history.”Streep says, “you people have made history.”
The crowd cheers, liking the idea.The crowd cheers, liking the idea.
“And you’re going to make history again in November!” (cheers) “Because Hillary Clinton will be our first woman president (big cheers) and she’ll be a great president. She’ll be the first, but she won’t be the last.”“And you’re going to make history again in November!” (cheers) “Because Hillary Clinton will be our first woman president (big cheers) and she’ll be a great president. She’ll be the first, but she won’t be the last.”
Now Streep suddenly is gone – she somehow slipped away without a huge big applause line – is she coming back? Hard to tell, we’re in the middle of another video.Now Streep suddenly is gone – she somehow slipped away without a huge big applause line – is she coming back? Hard to tell, we’re in the middle of another video.
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“We got some fight left in us, don’t we?” Streep begins. She’s about to push Alicia Keys out of prime time.“We got some fight left in us, don’t we?” Streep begins. She’s about to push Alicia Keys out of prime time.
What does it take to be the first female anything?” she asks. “It takes grit and it takes grace.”What does it take to be the first female anything?” she asks. “It takes grit and it takes grace.”
She names the woman soldier who served disguised as a man in Washington’s army, Jack -a-Roe style. When she took a blast in battle she was afraid to reveal her secret. So she took out a penknife, took out the musket ball and sewed herself up again.She names the woman soldier who served disguised as a man in Washington’s army, Jack -a-Roe style. When she took a blast in battle she was afraid to reveal her secret. So she took out a penknife, took out the musket ball and sewed herself up again.
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The video is a medley of celebrity and recording artist appearances. At the end they turn into Hollywood squares and then there are about a hundred of them and it turns into an American flag.The video is a medley of celebrity and recording artist appearances. At the end they turn into Hollywood squares and then there are about a hundred of them and it turns into an American flag.
Here now is Meryl Streep, wearing an amazing flag shirt.Here now is Meryl Streep, wearing an amazing flag shirt.
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The video is people singing Clinton’s campaign song, Fight Song by Rachel Platten.The video is people singing Clinton’s campaign song, Fight Song by Rachel Platten.
Oh look, there’s Gloria Steinem: “I’ve still got a lotta fight left in me,” she sings that line.Oh look, there’s Gloria Steinem: “I’ve still got a lotta fight left in me,” she sings that line.
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Elizabeth Banks is back: “How do you get the job of following Bill Clinton?”Elizabeth Banks is back: “How do you get the job of following Bill Clinton?”
She fundraises off the spot on the speech. Every dollar counts.She fundraises off the spot on the speech. Every dollar counts.
“Coming up: some incredible women. Alicia Keys, Meryl Streep... and a few surprises.”“Coming up: some incredible women. Alicia Keys, Meryl Streep... and a few surprises.”
Banks says she has a surprise. She has made a video. Here’s the video.Banks says she has a surprise. She has made a video. Here’s the video.
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Clinton now is riffing on the primary election without the Teleprompter. He went to West Virginia:Clinton now is riffing on the primary election without the Teleprompter. He went to West Virginia:
To look those coal miners in the eye because Hillary sent me to tell you that .. if she wins, she is coming back for you to take you on a ride to America’s futureTo look those coal miners in the eye because Hillary sent me to tell you that .. if she wins, she is coming back for you to take you on a ride to America’s future
Here’s the big finish:Here’s the big finish:
HIllary will make us stronger together. You know it, because she spent a lifetime doing it. I hope you will do it. I hope you will elect her. Those of us who have more yesterdays than tomorrows tend to think more about our children and grandchildren.”HIllary will make us stronger together. You know it, because she spent a lifetime doing it. I hope you will do it. I hope you will elect her. Those of us who have more yesterdays than tomorrows tend to think more about our children and grandchildren.”
Then he says something like if you elect her, she will, and he walks away.Then he says something like if you elect her, she will, and he walks away.
The whole end was unscripted, and it really worked in the hall.The whole end was unscripted, and it really worked in the hall.
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Clinton:
If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade, a real change-maker represents a real threat.
So your only option is to create a cartoon, and run against the cartoon...
Life in the real world is complicated...
Then he returns to the construct of “the real one” versus the made-up version:
Good for you, because earlier today, you nominated the real one.
The line lands with unexpected force. it brings the crowd to their feet. They are clapping and they chant Hillary! Hillary!
More Clinton, winding to a finish:
I have lived a long full and blessed life. It really took off when I met and fell in love with that girl in the spring in 1971.
...
For this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified.. and she is still the best darn changemaker I have ever nown.
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Clinton asks:
“How does this square with the things that you heard at the Republican convention?”
The answer draws a laugh and cheers:
“You can’t. One is real. And the other is made up. You just have to decide which is which, my fellow Americans.”
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Clinton lists what he says are Clinton’s accomplishments as secretary of state:
She flew overnight from Cambodia to the Middle East to get a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
She backed Obama’s decision to go after Osama bin Laden.
She launched a team to fight terrorism online.
She put climate change at the center of our foreign policy.
She stood up for women’s rights and LGBT rights around the world.
She tripled the number of people with Aids whose lives are being saved without it costing any more.
She boosted the approval rating of the United States by 20 points during her time in office.
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Now on to the secretary of state years. Clinton mentions Clinton losing to Obama, continuing:
She worked for his election hard. But she hesitated to say yes when he asked her to join his cabinet, because she so loved being the senator from New York. But like me in a different context, he had to keep asking.
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Now Bill Clinton is up to the senate years. “She became the first senator ever from new York to sit on the armed services committee.” He rattles off some accomplishments. It does not loo like he is reading from the Teleprompter. It’s moving anyway. Now it stops moving, because Clinton takes an ad-lib swipe at Trump, not by name:
Nobody who has dealt with the men and the women in the military believes they are a disaster. They are a national treasure.
Lots of applause.
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03:40
Clinton says that as the Clintons navigated public life, “real life goes on.” And he contributes a pretty funny scene from Chelsea Clinton’s dorm room, moving into Stanford:
There I was in a trance, staring out the window, trying not to cry. And there Hillary was on her hands and knees, desperately looking for one more drawer to put that liner paper in.
Chelsea gently told them it was time to vamoose.
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Clinton goes in for a pretty easy big cheer, mentioning Michelle Obama, who rattled the rafters in here last night.
It works! They cheer.
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Bill Clinton: 'she's a changemaker'
Clinton repeats the line about Hillary Clinton being a changemaker.
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Hillary Clinton is tweeting out key lines from Bill Clinton’s speech:
“Hillary opened my eyes to a whole new world of public service.” —@BillClinton https://t.co/wa9TvdvKIy
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03:36
Clinton says that Arkansas went from one of the nation’s worst in education to one of most improved. He credits Hillary Clinton.
This by the way is all off the Teleprompter, although with a fair bit of filigree.
“Next thing you know, I’m being dragged around to all these pre-school graduations... watching these poor parents with tears in their eyes because they never thought they’d be able to help their kids learn.”
“She did all those while being a full-time mother while enjoying her life.”
Clinton delivers a larger applause line: “She’s the best darn change-maker I’ve ever met in my life.”
He says this is a “take-home point from this convention”
If you believe making change from the bottom up... speeches like this are fun. Actually doing the work is fun. People say we need change. She’s been around a long time. She sure has. And she’s sure been worth every single minute she put in to making things better.”
Clinton then describes every dinner and lunch conversation and walk they have as a time she prefers to spend describing how to “move the ball forward.” Fun times.