Obamas bring spirit of 2008 to Harris's party

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00:00The former president and first lady returned to their hometown Chicago for the Democratic

00:04Convention and Michelle Obama, up first, was striking an optimistic note.

00:11America, hope is making a comeback.

00:15In a rapturously received speech to the party faithful, Michelle Obama skewered Donald Trump's

00:20business failures, comparing him unfavorably with the Democratic nominee, who she said

00:25was more connected with ordinary Americans.

00:28Of the two major candidates in this race, only Kamala Harris truly understands the unseen

00:35labor and unwavering commitment that has always made America great.

00:40There is no other choice than Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, no other choice.

00:47She was followed by her husband, the 44th president of the United States, who made a

00:51similarly impassioned argument for Kamala Harris.

00:55Someone who sees you and hears you and will get up every single day and fight for you.

01:05The next president of the United States of America, Kamala Harris.

01:11Obama also made withering remarks about his old adversary Donald Trump, mocking his constant

01:16complaints and obsession with crowd sizes, and he said America couldn't risk a second

01:22Trump presidency.

01:24We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos.

01:31We have seen that movie before and we all know that the sequel is usually worse.

01:37A pair of speeches that made a strong case for the Harris-Walz ticket, though neither

01:41were there to witness it.

01:43They were just a 90 minute drive north in Milwaukee, at a rally in front of 15,000 people,

01:48in the very same arena where the Republicans held their convention last month.

01:52Kamala Harris will make her speech to the Democratic convention on Thursday night.

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