Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination for U.S. President; Biden's Former Rival Speak on His Behalf at DNC Thursday
BRAYDEN HARRINGTON, 13-YEAR-OLD DNC SPEAKER: About a few months ago I met him in New Hampshire. He told me that we were members of the same club. We stutter. It was really amazing to hear that someone like me became Vice President.</s>BRUNHUBER: Just what amazing courage there. That was one of Thursday's most touching DNC moments. 13-year-old Brayden Harrington talking his story about meeting Biden and how the presidential candidate made him feel better about his own stuttering. They met in February at a campaign event in New Hampshire and Biden talked to the 13-year-old about how he copes with his own stutter. Early in the primary campaign Biden revealed that he's had the speech disorder since childhood. And there were many defining moments during this unprecedented four-day virtual convention. So here now let's see some of the highlights.</s>EVA LONGORIA, ACTRESS: Every four years we come together to reaffirm our democracy. This year we've come to save it.</s>REP. JIM CLYBURN (D-SC): And there's many families experiencing loss in this pandemic. We need a president who understands both profound loss and what it takes to bounce back.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only pre- existing condition was trusting Donald Trump and for that he paid with his life.</s>GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D) NEW YORK: COVID is the symptom not the illness. Our nation is in crisis.</s>PHILONISE FLOYD, GEORGE FLOYD'S BROTHER: George should be alive today. Breonna Taylor should be alive today. Ahmaud Arbery should be alive today.</s>SEN. KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA) U.S. VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: None of us are free until all of us are free.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The idea of us calling ourselves the United States of America feels like it's pretty wrong right now.</s>BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: At a time like this the oval office should be a command center. Instead it's a storm center. There's only chaos.</s>MICHELLE OBAMA, FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES: Donald Trump is the wrong President for our country. He is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment.</s>ADY BARKAN, ACTIVIST: With the existential threat of another four years of this President, we all have a profound obligation to act.</s>HILLARY CLINTON, FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Joe and Kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose. Take it from me, this can't be another woulda, coulda, shoulda election.</s>JOE BIDEN, JOE BIDEN'S WIFE: How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We the people.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We the people.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One nation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One nation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One nation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALES AND MALES: One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.</s>BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Joe is a man who learned early on to treat every person he meets with respect and dignity.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In the short time I spent with Joe Biden I could tell he really saw me, that he actually cared. That's why I nominate my friend, Joe Biden, as the next President of the United States.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pennsylvania casts 34 votes for Senator Bernie Sanders and 175 votes for the next President of the United States, Scranton's own, Joe Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joe Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Joe Biden.</s>JOE MCNAMARA, RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN: The calamari come back state of Rhode Island one vote for Bernie Sanders and 34 votes for the next president, Joe Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joseph Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joseph R. Biden!</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Joe Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Joe Biden.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. Joseph R. Biden.</s>BIDEN: I'll be proud to carry the banner of our party to the general election. So it's a great honor and humility, I accept this nomination for president of the United States of America.</s>BRUNHUBER: All right that was the Democrats. Next up, the Republicans, so stay with CNN for our coverage of the Republican National Convention. That starts on Monday. Well that's it. That wraps up this hour of CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Kim Brunhuber. "EARLY START" up next. Stay with us.