California Governor Jerry Brown will be speaking tonight at the Democratic National Convention on climate change.
Vice President Joe Biden will speak.
And President Barack Obama will deliver what is being called an optimistic 30-minute address that was a month and six drafts in the making. Among other things, he will say, according to excerpts obtained by CNN:
"As I've traveled this country, through all 50 states; as I've rejoiced with you and mourned with you, what I've also seen, more than anything, is what is right with America," he will say. "I see people working hard and starting businesses; people teaching kids and serving our country. I see a younger generation full of energy and new ideas, unconstrained by what is, and ready to seize what ought to be." [...]
He'll also argue that Clinton in uniquely prepared for the Oval Office.
"You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office. Until you've sat at that desk, you don't know what it's like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war. But Hillary's been in the room; she's been part of those decisions," he'll say, according to excerpts. "Even in the middle of crisis, she listens to people, and keeps her cool, and treats everybody with respect. And no matter how daunting the odds; no matter how much people try to knock her down, she never, ever quits."
Wednesday, Jul 27, 2016 · 11:55:00 PM +00:00 · Barbara Morrill
Sen. Chris Murphy—who led the gun reform filibuster earlier this year—is up to talk about Sandy Hook along with the 90 victims of gun violence every day. “In three years since Sandy Hook … Republicans in Congress have done absolutely nothing to stop the massacre.”
Wednesday, Jul 27, 2016 · 11:58:01 PM +00:00 · Barbara Morrill
Murphy talks about Trump wanting to weaken background checks and putting guns in elementary schools on day one. Murphy says “I have had enough,” enough of children being killed, nightly gun violence, police being gunned down and that “it’s time to take Washington back from the gun lobby.”
Murphy: “It is time to take Washington back from the gun lobby!”
Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 · 12:19:35 AM +00:00
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Kerry Eleveld
Navy Captain Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, tells convention Hillary is ready to take on "one of our countries greatest moral failures here at home, and that is the gun violence that is tearing so many of our communities apart." She'll do what's right, not what's expedient. She'll stand up to the gun lobby.