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LIVE WATCH PARTY: DNC FINALE - KAMALA’S SPEECH (with special guest Neil Oliver)

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	Right?
	Precisely because I love this country so much, I reserve the right to criticize.
	Absolutely.
	Let's head to the convention stage.
	Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is speaking right now for a portion of the convention focused on climate change.
	In my Keres language, greetings friends and family.
	My name is Kresh Turquoise and I'm from the Turquoise clan.
	Thirty-five generations ago, my ancestors built lives in the high desert of New Mexico.
	I am on this stage tonight because of them.
	While fishing with my dad and running through the desert with my cousins, I learned that we have a responsibility to take care of our planet.
	Donald Trump never learned that lesson.
	He called the climate crisis a hoax.
	He made it easier for big companies to poison our air and water.
	An American president must lead the world in tackling climate change.
	We need a president who understands that assignment.
	That's Kamala Harris!
	I know her record.
	She held polluters accountable for spilling oil into the San Francisco Bay.
	She defended President Obama's Clean Power Plan in court.
	And as vice president, she cast the tie-breaking vote for the most ambitious climate action plan in our nation's history!
	Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will fight for a future where we all have clean air.
	Clean water and healthy communities.
	Let me go back to the lesson I learned in the desert southwest.
	We all have a role in protecting our Earth for future generations.
	So let's all be fierce and let's make Kamala Harris the next president of the United States.
	Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you.
	Interior Secretary and former New Mexico member of Congress Ted Holland.
	Let's go back down to Laura Baron-Lopez, who I'm told is with the Wisconsin delegation.
	Laura?
	Hi, yes, I'm here with Terri Winkman.
	She's a first-time delegate for Wisconsin and a registered nurse.
	Terri, just tell me what you're thinking about right now as you're here in this moment and it's your first time being a delegate.
	I'm thinking about the impact that this election is going to have on a lot of the issues that have meant a lot to me in my lifetime.
	I've lived with a good portion of my life having choice about health care decisions.
	And now I have two daughters, and I'm concerned about their future.
	And I'm also very concerned about the expansion of health care for all.
	I've been a nurse, like you said, for almost 20 years.
	And I've seen a lot of people with a lot of health issues and having to make decisions just solely based on what coverage they have and what treatment they can get or have access to.
	And those are huge issues, I think, on the ballot that we've got to work on and get Kamala
	Harris and Tim Walz in office.
	And have you always been politically active or is this something new for you?
	I have always been peripherally pretty active.
	So in college I worked with sexual assault survivors on my college campus.
	I also took some classes at the Paul Wellstone Institute at the University of Minnesota as
	well.
	So Paul Wellstone's always been kind of a huge inspiration to me.
	And I would say that I have done a lot of volunteer work.
	And the biggest piece for me, it's not necessarily politically, but I have been on our school board in my small rural town in Jefferson for about 10 years now.
	So public education, I've always been a strong advocate for keeping our public education system strong and equal for all.
	And you're from a pretty red county in Wisconsin, correct?
	Correct.
	And are you sensing any change in a red county like that?
	I am.
	We look at the data, a group of me and some other women in the city of Jefferson.
	We look at data every single election, whether it's small, large, a primary, a major election.
	And we do feel like we're moving a little bit more in the purple direction.
	We've got a little bit of blue adding in.
	I do think that this is also more consequential.
	I am meeting a lot more people who in 2020 voted for, you know, voted and they were Republicans and have been pretty strong Republicans and over the course of, you know, the last four years are realizing the impact that Donald Trump had in 16 to 20.
	And they're kind of like, I'm ready to jump ship, and I'm ready to not do that again.
	So, I do think although they are lifetime Christians and conservatives, and they will call themselves Republicans, I'm finding more and more people that think this is too consequential to allow this particular Republican to get into office.
	That's fascinating.
	Thank you so much, Sherry Winkman.
	Amna and Jeff, she's sensing somewhat of a change in her red county in Wisconsin.
	Laura Barone Lopez, thank you so much.
	Thank you to Terry as well for taking the time to speak with you.
	Amy Walter, back up here, there's another person I've been meaning to ask you about.
	We spoke a lot about earlier Trump campaign being out counter-programming.
	We haven't heard a lot from the campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate who we know was pulling votes largely from Trump more recently.
	It's now reported he could be considering ending his campaign this week, possibly endorsing Donald Trump.
	What kind of impact could all of that have on the shape of the race?
	I'm so glad you asked, because I have been communicating with the folks who do polling for us at that very question.
	What would happen based on the polling that they conducted for us?
	That is about two weeks old.
	So, when we looked at who RFK voters were most recently, and we asked those voters,
	OK, if you had to choose for one of the two major candidates, not—who wasn't RFK,
	who would you pick?
	About 40-something percent of them said, I'd go to Trump.
	About 25 percent said they'd go to Harris.
	But a big chunk were undecided.
	And so what the pollsters came back and said was, if that breaks down similarly, that basically
	the Trump people go to Trump, the Harris people go to Harris, and then the undecided just
	kind of sit out, they don't really do—they don't show up to vote, it's not going to
	have much of an impact.
	But if those undecided voters move overwhelmingly to Trump or to another third-party candidate,
	that has an impact.
	Now, again, we live in this world where a point, half a point, is big movement in these
	In a point, half a point is big movement in these swing states.
	swing states.
	But it could move numbers enough if, so that's why I think the big if is RFK not just dropping
	But it could move numbers enough if—so that's why I think the big if is RFK not just dropping
	out but endorsing Donald Trump, speaking to, I don't know much about who are you, if you're
	out but endorsing Donald Trump, speaking to—I don't know much about who are you, if you're
	still undecided.
	still undecided.
	Is it because of somebody who says they're an RFK voter?
	Are you undecided because you really don't want to choose between the two candidates?
	You really want a third party candidate and you're going to stick with that person and
	if there's no third party option, you're just not going to vote?
	Or is it that they think there's something about RFK that they like more than Trump,
	but if RFK says, that's okay, this is my guy, that, so it would have to work in that way
	for it to have much of an impact.
	Let's head back to the convention stage because Congressman Maxwell Frost, he's the first member of Gen Z to serve in Congress, represents Florida in the House, here he is.
	I'm Maxwell Alejandro Frost and I'm proud to be the first member of my generation in Congress.
	I'm also proud to represent Central Florida!
	You might expect me to talk about how climate change will impact our future, but as a Floridian, as a Florida man, I'm here I'll tell you that the climate crisis isn't some far-off threat.
	It is here.
	Donald Trump and J.D.
	Vance think they can divide us by saying this crisis is some type of hoax.
	But I've walked the streets of communities that have been forced to rebuild after hurricane flooding destroyed their homes.
	I've heard the stories of immigrant farm workers made to work in horrid conditions, exacerbated by this crisis.
	And I felt the scorching record heat and know that climate change can sometimes feel like an unstoppable force.
	But with our movement and with organizing and an administration that cares, we are making progress.
	Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have proven That tackling this crisis creates jobs.
	That investing in clean energy protects our health.
	And that investing in mass public transit builds strong communities.
	And we must always remember that peace is essential to our climate and war destroys our environment.
	This election is about every drop of water that we consume and every breath we take.
	We agree.
	Fighting the climate crisis is patriotic.
	And unlike Donald Trump, our patriotism is more than some damn slogan on a hat.
	It's about actually giving a damn about the people who live in this country.
	Because when you love somebody, you want them to have clean air.
	When you love somebody, you want them to have safe drinking water.
	And when you love somebody, you want them to have a dignified job.
	And so, America, it's simple.
	Let's get to work and elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for our planet, for our future, for our present, and for our people!
	God bless!
	God bless!
	Up here in our anchor booth with us now, we want to welcome in California's other senator, Alex Padilla, who was appointed to the Senate after Kamala Harris was elected vice president.
	Senator, welcome.
	Thanks for being here.
	Thank you, thank you.
	Can you imagine how special it feels, not just to speak tonight on her big night, but as I mentioned from the stage, I was appointed with big Chuck Taylors to fill.
	The work continues, but she's been a dear friend for many years.
	Well, that goes to how long you have known her and how closely you have worked with her in the past.
	So tell us a little bit about what you are going to be watching for specifically in terms of what she says and what she doesn't say from the stage tonight.
	So I think throughout the convention, especially tonight directly from her and for the next 75 days, The country will get to know the Kamala Harris that we in California know and love.
	She is thoughtful.
	She is smart.
	She is tough.
	But she's got a big heart for helping people.
	That's what it should be about for all of us in this business of public service.
	And I've just seen it time and time again from her days as District Attorney.
	attorney from her days as attorney general, certainly as my predecessor in the United
	States Senate, as vice president these last three, almost four years, and certainly for
	the next four when she becomes the President of the United States.
	I'm getting chills on my goosebumps here.
	Well, look, we're told that she spent the last couple of weeks going back and forth to her alma mater, Howard University, where she's been practicing this speech, writing, rewriting this speech.
	When you talk to her, how is she feeling about this moment?
	And how is she feeling about the message that she hopes to convey?
	I think, I mean, starting on the day that President Biden We love Joe, we thank Joe, but she came out of the box immediately after his announcement and was able to shore up the support necessary to become the presumptive nominee within a matter of hours, not weeks.
	It just says a lot about her preparations, her relationships, and the goodwill and respect that she has.
	She's a great person, and she's a great mom.
	It's why she's determined to lower healthcare costs and make housing more affordable.
	Donald Trump has no plan to help the middle class.
	Just more tax cuts for billionaires.
	Being president is about who you fight for.
	And she's fighting for people like you.
	I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message.
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	I'm Jeff Zeleny at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and this is CNN.
	What's up, everybody?
	Stephen Curry here.
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	I'm Jeff Zeleny at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and this is CNN.
	What's up everybody?
	Stephen Curry here.
	I know you all know I'm grateful to go to the State Warriors,
	and man, what a great honor it was to represent Team USA and go out there
	and win that gold medal at the Olympics this summer.
	And that unity on and off the court reminded us all that together, we can do all things and continue to inspire the world.
	That's why I believe that Kamala, as president, could bring that unity back and continue to move our country forward.
	This is about preserving hope and belief in our country, making sure families can be taken care of during the most precious times, I got to visit Kamala with my team in the White House last year, and I can tell you one thing I knew then and definitely know now.
	The Oval Office suits her well.
	So in the words of Michelle Obama, do something!
	Go vote!
	Be active!
	Let's show out in November like never before.
	It's been an honor for me to represent our country.
	It's an honor to support Kamala.
	So let's all do our part.
	God bless.
	David Axelrod, obviously this is the final night.
	What are you expecting?
	What does Kamala Harris need to do?
	Look, this has been a good week for Democrats, and there have been a lot of great speeches, and they've positioned the party, and they've positioned her in the mainstream, in the middle class, and in ways that I think are very helpful.
	But now she has to carry the ball.
	This is her convention.
	There's so much Americans still want to learn about her and they want to hear her tell it and they want to hear her tell it in the framework of her own experience and from the depths of her own experience.
	I think that's what we're going to hear tonight.
	This is a big moment for her.
	I think how she delivers this speech and how it's received will ultimately put a coda on this convention or it'll put a damper on it.
	I think she's going to do pretty well.
	It's so interesting, you know, you look at the Republican convention, there was so much lead up to Donald Trump's speech, and then when he actually spoke, it sort of deflated a lot of what they had tried to do all week.
	Obviously, the pressure is on.
	Well, first of all, Donald Trump had to tell his story of an assassination attempt, right?
	So, very different atmosphere.
	Let's listen to Colin Allred.
	Hey, everybody.
	Colin Allred.
	Hey everybody, I'm Colin Allred, a congressman from Dallas, dad to two perfect little boys.
	And this November, I'm going to beat Ted Cruz.
	A congressman from Dallas, dad to two perfect little boys.
	And this November, I'm going to beat Ted Cruz.
	And I'm so proud to be here to support our next president, Kamala Harris.
	You know, like Kamala, I was raised by a single mom.
	Mom was a public school teacher who often worked two jobs to make ends meet.
	So when we talk about lowering costs, I think about the times when we went to the grocery store when I was growing up.
	Hello there, you awakened wonders.
	You are joining me and Neil Oliver live in the UK for our Kamala Harris watch-along exclusively on Rumble.
	Now, it could be going for a while, Neil.
	It could be three hours before we get a glimpse of Kamala.
	Hello there you awakened wonders you are joining me and Neil Oliver live in the UK for our Kamala Harris watch
	along exclusively on Rumble.
	Now it could be going for a while Neil, it could be three hours before we get a glimpse of Kamala, how do you feel
	about that?
	I can't really understand why that could possibly be.
	I must admit, when you invited me to this, I thought the DNC would be a very slick, well-oiled operation, and it would be like that, and that you would know when the next thing was going to happen, and you would be trailing it.
	Well, the possibility that we just have no idea where she is or what she's going to do or when is...
	We've got no power over this, is essentially what's happening.
	We're at the moment watching the CNN output and we are so grateful you're watching along with us.
	I'm talking to you, Corey Witness and Trish McLeod and Arad Dalton and Cryptic Eye Steel Toad.
	Thank you.
	These people have no dignity.
	I think they're talking about the DNC.
	My favourite comment so far has been My favorite comment so far has been, this is boring, when's Hulk Hogan gonna tear his shirt off?
	Which I think is the kind of spirit.
	Everything okay back there, guys?
	Neil, move your mic here, mate.
	Here you go, old bean.
	Everything, other than that, everything okay?
	Alright, we're some bearers while we adjust to this.
	Like the Kamala presidential bid, this is the early stages of this.
	We're good?
	All perfect?
	Love it.
	What channel are we watching?
	At the moment we're watching CNN, but we'll move between CNN and PBS's coverage, I reckon, in order to ensure perfect coverage.
	Actually, this is a lovely set-up, isn't it?
	I prefer this to the normal show.
	It is.
	There's a considerable slump factor on the couch, though.
	In three and a half hours, I think we could be prone.
	Wait, there's no question about it.
	Prone is likely.
	Now, let's see what this... Now, for the DNC has introduced a family.
	Let's have a look at a family.
	...to prepare for a stillbirth.
	I needed care.
	Sad.
	But my state's abortion restrictions kept it from me.
	I miscarried in a bathroom.
	I'll never forget my husband's face as he tried to stop the bleeding, trying to do what doctors should have been doing.
	When I reached the hospital, I'd lost nearly half the blood in my body.
	I can't change the past.
	This is actually a very complex idea that is being conveyed now, because it's a pro-choice piece with a family and an infant, so that's a complex bit of live I would say... I don't want to use the word propaganda when there's something so sensitive at its core.
	But it's such a... What I've been struck by, Neil, watching this convention so far is the extraordinary amount of strategy that goes into managing our perception of, say, Joe Biden's eventual dismissal and extraction, how that's being framed, how we've been invited to review legacy figures like Bill Clinton and the Obamas.
	This is the first time I've seen anything where members of the public have been deployed like that.
	It strikes me as the kind of thing that plays very much to what I would expect from We've always talked at home about how practiced everyone in America seems to be in front of.
	It's difficult to imagine if the same idea was playing out in the UK.
	That they would offer up people, see, in as sensitive and heartbroken a situation as that.
	I was working as a post office master and then they accused me of nicking all the money and it turned out it was a bleeding computer that had done it.
	Eventually this was proven over time but it was too late.
	By then my reputation had been besmirched and I still haven't had my letters.
	But they can deliver.
	They can all deliver.
	Everyone from every walk of life.
	Everyone from every part of America.
	They can all do it.
	They can all do it effortlessly.
	Yeah, like everyone that you're likely to encounter is like an accomplished speaker.
	That's one of the great advantages of our American cousins.
	We flip to the PBS coverage now for a moment.
	Let's see what the angle is here.
	Over the last four years, 19 million new business applications have been filed.
	Like Trump, I grew up in Queens.
	But unlike him, I built my business with grit.
	That's my story.
	That's the American story.
	Let's turn the page on Trump.
	Feels a bit Eurovision-y.
	And now it's here.
	Now the family.
	This is a highlights reel, of course.
	Unless they're sort of different places and podiums throughout the stadium.
	I'll tell you what we're watching now.
	It's highlights, right?
	Or is this testimony of people that are all present right now?
	Aren't they all on the stage together?
	I see.
	I want these values to be reflected in our leaders.
	I don't want to have to turn off the TV because our president is lobbing insults or telling
	lies.
	I'm tired of all of the hate.
	It's time to move forward together and build a country our kids can be proud of.
	Applause Ah, that's nice.
	They move into a circle.
	In fact, look, it's always going to be sympathetic, especially if you've been watching politicians for a couple
	of days, to see ordinary people.
	It's like a relief, isn't it?
	It's like a real sorbet, a spiritual sorbet in a barn.
	Like, oh wow, they're not well-practiced politicians, they're Human beings.
	In effect, it's extraordinary to bring them out in this highly synthetic environment that it seems so far to be doing such a wonderful job of ignoring their needs.
	The moment I keep sort of sighting is Billionaires Are Bad by Bernie Sanders and then a billionaire being brought out that was like a good billionaire.
	Here's a good bit.
	It's drums.
	It's gotta be good.
	Please welcome the Bulls official drumline, Chicago's own Pac Drumline.
	What will the message be here?
	I think the message is continually unity and youth.
	I would say that so far it's been a well-staged event.
	Do you think we'll ever get to this?
	Could you imagine this kind of event translating?
	Well, at Clacton, Nigel Farage did have a firework.
	A single firework?
	Did he know it was coming?
	It was a big political moment, actually.
	When Nigel Farage came out, there was a firework.
	I remember thinking, well, that's... He came on to a sort of eight-mile style... I think it was... Moment!
	Never let it go!
	We've got one shot and actually just one firework, actually, so... Yeah, I don't think we can get this far, Neil.
	I wasn't expecting this.
	I wasn't expecting this to be an element of this.
	This is filler, isn't it?
	I mean, this is filler while Carmilla Harris says, I've got another two hours.
	I still don't understand why they don't know when she's coming.
	I don't understand.
	Well, actually... Surely this should be choreographed to within an inch of its life, timed to the split second.
	You would think, but they apparently... I think they do know, but they just want a little largesse.
	You know, or it's not largesse, you know, a grace, as it were.
	And they think the impact will be intensified by three extra hours of drumming.
	It's giving me a real boost.
	So sometimes, you know, remember, we're in the UK, so...
	Occasionally, there might be a failure in the stream.
	And also, occasionally, Neil and I might sort of lapse into a kind of state of deep sorrow that we lost the colonies.
	Those are occasional emotions that we might experience, aren't they?
	I still struggle with that as a reality.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, I know, it's wounding.
	I'm not over it.
	What's that?
	Well, before you remark on that, do bear in mind that it's possible that these are blind drummers and that We could, uh... I'm just... I'm just... It's possible, innit?
	Because when they did, like, the lady with a baby, who describes her rather tragic miscarriage story, you might think, oh, let's do a joke about it, they've got headbands around their eyes, and it's like, and that's the blind drummers of Chicago.
	Or no, that's the blind Chicago drummers!
	They might actually be, I mean, even this could be a mistake.
	They might be X-Men.
	Yeah.
	I mean, X-Men, you know, what's a chromosome at the DNC?
	I find DNC quite a distressing acronym, actually.
	Yeah.
	I suppose what's worth us bearing in mind as well, Neil, is we've potentially got three hours, you know, so perhaps we can cancel out.
	You've got a robe and a cigar.
	It's not my first all-night watch alone, mate.
	I bought cigars, a dressing gown.
	Is that an expensive and exclusive cigar?
	We're on, actually, yeah it is, it's Cuban.
	We're watching, we're available on YouTube, but how long should we stay on YouTube for?
	That was definitely footage of a buffalo throwing someone up a tree.
	I actually, listen, this is the last time I'll say it, I love this shot.
	Looks really nice.
	We can, commercials by the way, we should stay with them.
	Someone mentioned, I saw earlier, when I mentioned that I might have worn Paddington Bear pyjamas, which I said in jest only, and someone said it wouldn't be as good as leopard print.
	Have you worn this on here before?
	Yeah, so I wore it for the... Do you know, that's something I'm sort of slightly embarrassed to admit.
	What leopard print are they referring to?
	This very leopard print.
	I watched the Biden-Trump debate.
	It was quite late at night.
	We had Starlink.
	It was in my back garden.
	And I watched that entire debate, and I didn't think... I didn't notice anything unusual about Joe Biden's performance.
	I was like, well, this is what he always does.
	I smoked my cigar.
	I went to bed.
	The next day, people were like, he's actually gone a bit too far there with the dementia.
	We're going to have to do something about this.
	And then began the sort of grind of Operation Kamala at that point.
	But I watched it live.
	And because I'm someone who watches Biden a lot, I didn't notice anything remarkable.
	Do you feel... Do you feel sympathy?
	For Joe Biden at all, at any level.
	Yes, at a human level, but like, you know, I was thinking about the point you made earlier today, that there was that recent hearing that appeared to determine that he actually had received illicit funding and, you know, what amounts to bribery, forgive the word if it's not appropriate.
	I find, even though I find it all despicable and Fraudulent and fake and all of that.
	And still, against my expectations, I actually do feel I have to acknowledge that I feel slightly sorry for him.
	Because you look at him and you think, that is a man who needs help.
	He needs help.
	And yet, that's what we're dealing with, is a machine that would use someone to that extent.
	Yes.
	You know, exploiting the predicament that that man is in.
	Yes.
	To further an objective.
	I find that distressing to watch, even though I find the collective entity very questionable.
	On the most, like, human level, it's difficult.
	That's, by the way, look at what's on screen.
	A minute ago, there was just two men on the sofa.
	I was thinking, what kind of Sartre is in camera.
	It's two men on the sofa watching two men on a sofa.
	On the most human level you can't help but be moved by the entire spectacle of a man with dementia decaying before you.
	But I suppose because as you say it's a symbol for so many other things.
	Corruption and also because you have continual access to Joe Biden's more potent former life in sepia color, sort of bombastically condemning drug addicts, advocating for war.
	I like the bit where he says if you have some controlled substances this big, you're going to jail.
	That'll take everything from you.
	That's one of my favourite ones.
	These are their adverts.
	Yeah, this is CNN's output and I'll just take a moment to talk to our friends in the stream like Jess Rock, hello there, and Joey Odo, Kyle Rhino and Elijah Fire, Pixel Dunn, all of you guys, thank you for joining us for this Watch Along with Neil and I. Remember, whilst you might be watching this on the East Coast or the West Coast or Anywhere in between, above or below.
	Neil and I are actually the only people in Britain that are watching this right now, including the people that we work with, so please forgive us if we err, and join us with your comments, your talking points, and what you anticipate encountering this evening.
	It is a strange watch at the moment.
	There's an unmistakable sense of all of it being filler.
	Yeah.
	You know, drummers.
	I've done enough award shows to know when I'm watching filler, or in those cases, providing it, for six minute interludes while a stage was reset for Amy Winehouse to come out, which could take a considerable amount of time given that she was Amy Winehouse.
	Linda said I sounded like Paul McCartney and that you don't.
	I feel like that's part of a conversation that started somewhere else and is going in another direction.
	Yeah, I would say with streaming there is a require for a near-permanent personal editorial.
	Let's have a look at the upsync on this moment of presumed hyperbole.
	They're singing the music.
	They're dancing.
	It doesn't matter your age, your color, your creed, who you love.
	Everyone is standing up and enjoying themselves.
	They are all waiting to hear the keynote speaker, of course, Pamela Harris, but there are a lot of rumors going around.
	There are some people who really want a certain someone to show up, but even if she doesn't,
	everyone is energized here.
	There's one thing we have learned from this Democratic National Convention.
	It is that people feel incredibly energized, and they are all telling me, one after the other.
	So there's a rumour, Gareth says, that George Bush is going to come.
	Now, they all see that, I suppose, as an incredible scout, but I would personally see that as further evidence of the Uniparty's amalgamated power.
	George Bush's presence doesn't send the message of Unity, it sends the message that I often see when they talk about aisle-crossing alliances, of this is a one-directional locomotive that's entirely captured.
	Yeah, don't you think that's just Uniparty underlined, isn't it?
	You know, I see these ghouls when they all get together in that cross-the-aisle way, you know, sharing sweets and jokes together, and I watch it happen here as well, you know, when you see footage of You know, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer glad-handing each other off-camera, as it were.
	And likewise, when you see something like all of these, you know, ageing ex-presidents get together as though none of the things that we were invited to think they cared about divided them.
	They were all able to get together on it and be together on it and... Right, they're Covid parties.
	I get the sense that they were all at each other's Covid parties.
	There's also a strong sense of staged fun taking place here and Tim... Tim Waltz is really, really... Is that Tim Waltz leaning into it?
	If it's not Tim Waltz it should be.
	Mm.
	Do you want a drink?
	How long have they... Please.
	How long have they... This is a long night.
	We're supposed to be asleep.
	Do you need help with that?
	No, it's not that... No, I'll be fine.
	Are you drinking coffee?
	I was drinking coffee.
	How long have they been here now, that audience?
	They do seem to be having a lovely time.
	They do seem to be having a sustained lovely time.
	I don't know how often that audience is in and out.
	Will they have been on their feet clapping and waving for hours?
	Yeah.
	What would be good to watch, I think, with something like this, with any potential three-hour broadcast, Neil, is how we, over the course of the evening, you'll be able to see us kind of collapse and implode.
	There won't be this much verbiage two hours in.
	I'm telling you, this is 2am talk.
	We're coming out very hard.
	Some people in the chat right now are saying that Beyonce may come.
	Taylor Swift, yeah.
	Right, Beyonce, Taylor Swift.
	But you think it's George Bush?
	I mean, the Gareth list says that it might be George Bush.
	It's swinging to different sides of a spectrum, isn't it?
	It's vacillating wildly between Bush and Swift.
	But, in a way, everyone's performing a kind of function here.
	In fact, that's one of the things, like, from the last couple of days, because we consume it, obviously, I guess like most people watching, on X or elsewhere on social media, so you just see kind of clips.
	So what you begin to identify is how certain characters are deployed in order to perform certain roles, whether it's their real-life miscarriage, the drummers, Taylor Swift, Pink!
	That's quite a list.
	I think there's some irony on that list, am I wrong?
	A strange American said something about strange electricity everywhere.
	Which I don't think was a heartfelt sentiment.
	Do you stream on your channel?
	No.
	No, I'm... This is your first time experiencing this?
	This is my first time.
	I do watch your...
	Comment streams all the time.
	And I'm quite challenged by some of it.
	I think actually, so far, it's quite... Yeah, it's good.
	It's pretty good.
	Hey, look, there's some of it you wouldn't read out, isn't there?
	Yes, we must be prudent, Neil.
	Is this happening automatically?
	Should I indicate visually about this with audio and stuff?
	So now it would be good to have it up, if that's all right.
	The RNC was an electrifying environment for many of those nights, but this is different tonight, I think.
	It feels to me like there is an enormous amount of energy and happiness in this room, which is a bit of a contrast from what we saw about four minutes ago at the RNC.
	It's a little more solemn at times.
	And the anticipation here for... Is it possible to move it?
	All I'll say is that this place went wild for like five seconds.
	It's not what was happening.
	You can see it on the screen in person to see this sea of American flag that has been given out to all of the
	Democrats.
	21 million watched Obama on night two.
	It's definitely the watchword here tonight.
	It is not an accident that this is what they are leaning into.
	This is the theme of one of the makings of Kamala Harris's discussions.
	I sense anticipation in the crowd.
	Here are the chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, who are going to sing the National Anthem.
	The Dixie Chicks.
	I'm going to sing the national anthem.
	They're chicks now.
	They've lost their Dixie.
	They're just chicks.
	It is the DNC after all.
	I'm loving this already.
	Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
	Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly
	streaming.
	Thanks for doing this, you know, sitting up to this hour.
	It's very kind of you.
	Definitely can't read that stuff out at the moment.
	That our flag was still there Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
	If you look at your ex, how about your father?
	You'll see that this may yet be one of those moments that people are really fascinated by, you know?
	Sometimes it just sort of passes by your eyes, like meandering Joe Biden, and elsewhere it's been regarded as, what the hell was that?
	Meandering Joe Biden sounds like the country in West Ham.
	When did they drop their Dixies?
	Probably sometime around the BLM right?
	Please welcome Kerry, Washington Applause
	What's your favourite view?
	I actually... I'm not familiar with... It's very well.
	It's not just me.
	It's not just me.
	The last three nights have been extraordinary.
	And tonight we hear from our next president, Kamala Harris.
	Will it be soon?
	Now as I stand here, I know that there are folks on social media already saying, go back
	to your TV show.
	Shut up and act!
	But I am not here tonight as an actor.
	I am here as a mother, as a daughter, as a proud union member.
	I am here as the granddaughter of immigrants, as a black woman descended from enslaved people.
	I am here tonight because I am an American and because I am a voter.
	And because we the people are stronger when all our voices are heard.
	Look, I know that I am the one standing on this stage, but I am not the lead character in this story.
	You are.
	All of you.
	You are the messengers.
	You are the fixers.
	Dare I say it, you are the Olivia Popes.
	You are the superheroes.
	It is you, not me, who have the greatest power to convince your loved ones to vote.
	So, just like Michelle Obama told us, let's do something.
	Let's make a video.
	Everybody take out your phones.
	Everybody take out your phones.
	We're going to make a moment.
	Can somebody bring me my phone?
	to capture this historic moment and share it with the people that we love.
	Oh hi!
	We're going to take this video guys, we're going to take it together, we're going to post it to social media,
	text your friends, send this message out into the world.
	the world. When I say when we fight, you're gonna say?
	Are you ready?
	Okay, let's record.
	We're recording.
	You ready, Tony?
	Yep, I'm ready.
	Okay, ready?
	When we fight, we win!
	Are you ready for Kamala Harris to win?
	Thank you.
	Good!
	Because when Kamala wins, America wins!
	We did it!
	We did it, Joe!
	That gave me a real... I felt, with that staged moment, the feeling I often feel with engineered moments of fun or joy, like a real sort of... In fact, this is a reference only for the British that are awake right now, Neil Kinnock's We're Alright moment, which he's said to have lost in that election against Thatcher.
	I didn't find it much like Neil Kinnock.
	I know the meaning you're referring to, but...
	Give me a real shudder.
	Yeah, give me like a sort of back... I could reduce heating bills.
	I can keep myself warm on that.
	Here to help me are some very special guests.
	Heartwarming.
	Thank you, ladies.
	Can you tell us your names?
	George Bush is trending on social media.
	And my name is her little sister.
	I suppose that can only mean George Bush is going to... Do you want to say your auntie's name?
	Well, once we saw these on RNC... So, how do you pronounce it?
	This is a good bit.
	oligarchy, aristocracy of the Republican Party had been extracted, no Bush, no Mitt Romney,
	none of the sort of former stars and I guess yeah we're gonna see some of them potentially
	appearing here.
	This is a good bit.
	Everybody over here say Kama!
	Kama!
	Everybody over here say La!
	La!
	Together!
	La!
	Oh this is good.
	La!
	La!
	This is good.
	La!
	La!
	This is worth staying up for.
	Thank you.
	FOR PRESIDENT!
	FOR PRESIDENT!
	APPLAUSE!
	I went with that there.
	I was picked up by the cadence in the room.
	My head's still moving.
	Please welcome Mina Harris, Ella Emhoff and Helen Hudlin.
	Oh, thank goodness.
	That's who we need right at this moment.
	Well, someone's read the room well.
	Hi, I'm Nina.
	I'm Ella.
	And I'm Helena.
	I grew up in Oakland, California, in a house full of extraordinary women.
	My mom, my grandma, And my auntie, who showed me the meaning of service.
	Helping her sister, a 17 year old single mom, fighting for justice for the American people, and still cooking Sunday family dinner.
	She guided me, now she's guiding my own children, and I know she'll guide our country forward.
	Kamala came into my life when I was 14.
	Famously a very easy time for a teenager.
	Like a lot of young people, I didn't always understand what I was feeling.
	But no matter what, Kamlo is there for me.
	She was patient, caring, and always took me seriously.
	She's never stopped listening to me and she's not going to stop listening to all of us.
	Kamala Harris is my godmother.
	To me, her advice means everything.
	Whether it's pursuing my passions, making an impact, or finding hope when the world doesn't feel so hopeful.
	She taught me that making a difference means giving your whole heart and taking action.
	She's fighting for economic opportunity, LGBTQ plus equality, And reproductive freedom, because we are not going back.
	She's fighting for social justice, health justice, environmental justice, and she isn't alone.
	We're all in this fight together.
	So let's keep up the fight.
	Let's keep up the joy.
	And let's elect this extraordinary woman as our next president!
	Did they hit the spot?
	It's interesting, isn't it, to watch, like, a requiem of sincerity, and as I said before, like, when it is actual real people, like, it's difficult to sustain the level of cynicism, but I still feel a kind of sadness because people are trotting out real emotions in a very synthetic situation.
	What's happening, California?
	At the RNC, that emotional weight would have been carried by Hulk Hogan, just ripping something off.
	And putting plaque to Nigel Farage.
	And a firework.
	That's another level.
	Did you enjoy the RNC more than the... so far?
	RNC, you know, when we were there, what it was... is unignorable is that the... that those type of events have a kind of flavor.
	Gareth said it could have been about Lego.
	You know, like they're just sort of like it's a carnival.
	It's a convention.
	It has a sort of an unusual atmosphere.
	Maybe it's sort of like so easy to be cynical and in a way necessary to be cynical because like at its heart I think it's a propagandist endeavor.
	I saw Chris Cuomo was there and said like all these seats up here are like half a million.
	Bucks or boxes, you know, I figure they probably were.
	And all of the rhetoric is about social justice and progress, but an event like this is an extraordinarily expensive thing, and it's about the maintenance of power, it's about change.
	I don't feel... it's not exactly... it's not cynicism that I feel, it's a sort of disbelief.
	That this is how it's done.
	That the collective decision was taken that this is how this is done.
	I don't feel cynical about it, I just feel... It's just me.
	It's just me.
	Like if you watch the conventions of the 70s and 80s, it's much more matter of fact.
	Even then, when America still knew how to do a parade, still knew how to do hyperbole and propaganda.
	But compared to this, this is the first time where I thought,
	oh right, they of course use the same people that would do this.
	That's what I mean.
	Is this how this is done?
	the Grammys or whatever you know like I saw all the architecture.
	That's what I mean.
	Is this how this is done?
	This is about preparing to make a decision about how the most powerful country in the world is run.
	Hey this might be a good time to switch the speaker.
	If that's okay, just because... Is it, um, manually that we're doing dipping audio?
	Exactly what you promised to I believe that your apologies if it is it manually that we're doing
	Dipping audio all day is happening Do you think anyone's really mind Neil if we curled up like
	kittens on this couch and slept to a car more Well, that's what I mean.
	I think we could, we could, um, flop and fail.
	You're sounding like your head there, my head there, head, feet, head, feet.
	I'm CNN are one minute behind the PBS output.
	What does that mean?
	CNN are one minute behind the PBS output.
	What does that mean?
	It just means I suppose that in the corporate world of social media,
	people are one minute on, they're watching the PBS.
	Oh, I see.
	Right.
	I mean, that's a lifetime, isn't it?
	That's a lifetime of the modern world.
	You know, what I feel like is, forgive me saying stuff like this, I don't want to rip down the curtain too much, but I really think we've cracked the production.
	Like, doesn't it look amazing?
	Doesn't it sound fantastic?
	The energy in this room is electric.
	What about the energy in this room?
	And you can feel it everywhere, all over the country.
	I like Kerry.
	We can feel it in England.
	I want us to find ways to maintain this energy and this joy and this commitment.
	We'll handle it.
	There will be days when the work ahead seems impossible.
	Is it because the whole thing's a spectacle?
	And you're looking for various ways to control us?
	Legitimising authority for endless crises?
	to my community because community is why this is why we do so many people
	There's so many people.
	There's so many people.
	Neil seems to be very uninterested.
	I'm not.
	That's just the way my face is.
	That's my concentrating face.
	Neil's holding it together for two hours.
	Neil seems to be very uninterested.
	I'm not. That's just the way my face is. That's my concentrating face.
	Neil, we're holding it together. Two hours.
	Gary, I feel like there are rumours about George Bush, Taylor Swift.
	Are there rumours about what time Kamala might come on?
	Let the people go.
	I'm glad for the consequences.
	Please welcome, Genesee County, Michigan Sheriff... Oh, that's a good rumor.
	Yes, I thought she dropped her bag.
	It was toilet paper, I thought, that came off the sole of her shoe.
	Hold on.
	And here, in this context, I'm to provide some testosterone and law and order.
	Do you think that uniform's the one with Velcro?
	It's coming off that.
	And there would have been bloodshed, but that didn't happen.
	We laid down our riot gear.
	But that is amazing that a police officer can deliver that to 20,000 people.
	Everyone in America can do this.
	The whole nation can perform.
	We need you to appear at the DNC.
	They'll be like, I'm already there!
	You will not see a single English or Scottish or Welsh person.
	No.
	Thank you very much for allowing me to participate at the Democratic National Convention.
	Look at that!
	That's the whole idea of that!
	that yeah Wow the thing that obviously one of the things I felt while they are
	in scene is like that it's difficult to escape the image of Hulk Hogan tearing
	And as a person that's been sort of part of the Hollywood liberal elite, you know, me myself, part of me thinks like, wow, gosh, this is sort of rather gauche.
	that I'd want to see as a spectacle.
	But is it really any different than this?
	Is it just an aesthetic choice?
	Is George Clooney's endorsement really any more valuable than Hulk Hogan?
	Only if you prefer George Clooney to Hulk Hogan.
	You can't say there's an essential or fundamental quality that George Clooney has that Hulk Hogan doesn't have.
	I would go so far as to say that given the way things have rolled
	out over the last few years, that Hulk Hogan's more credible.
	I think George Clooney's burst his own credibility bubble.
	Hulk Hogan has a sense of mystery.
	It's not quite clear yet.
	What do you mean, Hulk?
	Vests ripping apart.
	Is this pastiche?
	Is it parody?
	Is it kitsch?
	What exactly, Hulk?
	I don't know about this.
	That is a well-presented uniform.
	That is a, that is a well-pressed shirt.
	Pause for effect.
	He's very good.
	Someone just said quit.
	Oclet, go to.
	Quit talking about the Queen.
	And Kenwood, Paul Blart.
	As a reference to Paul Blart, Malkoff.
	Kevin... He was super.
	What's his surname, Kevin?
	Kevin James.
	We were contemplating adopting.
	And then, out of nowhere, I got pregnant.
	Jordan was so much fun.
	Oh, it's Heartstrings.
	It's an award show.
	It's Pride of Britain.
	Jordan didn't deserve to die that way.
	Shall we have a look at PBS?
	Go a minute.
	Let's leap a minute into the future.
	I can't watch actual tragedies.
	We were praying and crying.
	tragedies.
	You know, it's drummers, and then it's, you know, and then it's without a breath, it segues into school shooting.
	You don't know what you're going to get next.
	Don't you feel that in a general way when consuming culture, whether online or even on radio?
	It was remarked, I heard, that Bowie was one of the first artists that was able to create a kind of mosaics where, you know, there's kind of an incoherent group of ideas bundled together.
	And now we're just, yeah, used to one minute watching an advert for Screwfix.
	And the next being confronted with a school shooting.
	It's confronting because you don't know what's real.
	You're questioning are they real people or not all the time?
	Is this going to be somebody speaking from the heart about a tragedy or is this someone who's going to play the flute?
	Please flute, please flute!
	Oh no, it's tragedy from the heart, human interest anecdote.
	It's tragedy from the heart, I'll go and put the kettle on.
	Next time I see a tragedy from the heart, I'm sparking up this cohiba.
	Yeah, enough is enough.
	By the way, just to clarify, not that anyone's asking, this is kombucha.
	And this is a cigar.
	There are no stimulants other than Neil's always riveting conversation.
	Thank you, Neil, for joining me.
	Do I detect the fetish of this watch of irony?
	No way!
	If you could, it would soon be drowned out by fine Cuban tobacco.
	No, that's gratitude.
	That's the vapour of gratitude.
	Trying to read to them.
	Trying to drown out the sounds.
	No.
	Terror.
	Crying.
	Not sincerity.
	Running.
	I carry that horrific day with me.
	Twenty beautiful first grade children.
	Oh yeah, shall we?
	Let's do that.
	Six of my beautiful colleagues.
	If you forgive me, mute the audio of PBS.
	But you can leave the visual.
	Nice, thank you.
	Now, Neil, this is our best of moment.
	You can pip us up to... Let's switch the ratios, guys, if you don't mind.
	Like, make me and Neil that, and then there's footage of that.
	Hello and thank you for joining us for Watch Along with Russell and Neil, while two British men grapple with the complexity of American politics at the DNC.
	While we wait for Kamala Harris's speech, which could be on at any moment, but it could also be preceded by Taylor Swift, George W. Bush or even Beyonce herself.
	Let's look at some of our favourite moments from the DNC so far.
	We're going to start with what the media are saying is the best speech in human history.
	It's Michelle Obama's speech.
	And I guess we'll just pause it using hand gestures and stuff.
	I'd buy that.
	I'd buy that, yeah.
	That's what you'll be sold.
	Let's have a look.
	It's on four, yeah.
	They've got a copy of this in there.
	Yep, let's have a look.
	Oh, and we can leave them in.
	That's nice.
	That was wonderful.
	She was masterful, you know, not only in her words, but in her expressions.
	This was a masterful...
	...act of leadership.
	It was a sacred task.
	It was like an oasis.
	I didn't realize I had been in a spiritual desert.
	...as her wife was just so...
	Man, she has got some skills.
	A roof...
	...blew the roof off of the syringe last night.
	Back in that moment when you left your body as a disappointment...
	That's what I'm here for.
	That's the sort of content I'm here for.
	Rachel Maddow, believe it or not.
	Do we pause like that?
	Pause?
	And then if we do we pause like that? Pause?
	Well how do we indicate pause?
	Hmm? Thank you.
	What was he going to say?
	So, we'll get back to it.
	But yeah, this is what we want from a convention, isn't it?
	The actual hysteria beyond, to the point of overdose there.
	I reckon, don't worry about the ratios, Julian, because we'll go in and out, and maybe I'll use hand gestures to signal, well, I can just tell you when.
	Coming out, I'll do a hand gesture.
	Going back in, I'll just say, let's have a look at people Enjoying, beyond enjoying, in rapture, Michelle Obama's recent speech.
	Let's have a look.
	unusual perfectly keep a vision speech Michelle LaVon Robinson Obama from the
	south side of Chicago honey was on that stage tonight and yes she preached
	Michelle Obama preached tonight she gave a sermon to this country she gave
	instructions and things that needed to be done or ability in a way that makes
	you see one another as human beings put it up there with Barack Obama's 2004
	speech or Reagan's 1910 Kennedy's speech Goodness me.
	Is that the end of the clip?
	Hey, do you know what we could do?
	Do you reckon we could stretch to a countdown on it?
	Or at least a visual...
	Do you know what I feel when I watch that comp?
	Is that the appetite for something meaningful to happen is so ravenous, Neil, that people will just create it.
	I've sensed that a lot in our culture at the moment, and sometimes negatively.
	The shadow side of it being that the conflagrations in our country recently generated such an appetite for blame and condemnation that people almost couldn't wait for who perpetrated those terrible crimes in Southport.
	became irrelevant what the nature of the crime was because the sort of the there was such a
	febrile appetite for the you know the outcomes um and like here yeah it's like there's such a
	craven desire for some meaning for some purpose for someone to take to the stage and do all the
	things they've described that i mean i watched a bit of michelle obama's vision was like that's a
	good speech that would be my you know that was nice but but don't don't you think it's what you
	get when when they have to when it has to be hyperbolic all the time yeah that this is where
	you end up that they just run out of any adjectives that they can possibly use to make this not just a
	good speech not just a great speech not just the best speech of all time not just the best speech
	there could ever be but better on all of that You're right, because we live in a social media space that requires continual overstimulation, further and further defibrillation.
	When you're doing a three-day live event, you have to somehow sustain those levels.
	But what Michelle Obama said, it's gone so far beyond anything that's credible.
	You know, I mean, when she actually was able to stand there and say, you know, that her parents were suspicious of people that took too much.
	How?
	How could she stand in front of a mirror rehearsing that and not, for example, and not think, I can't possibly say that because I'm worth hundreds of millions in my own right and I own several beachfront properties.
	And yet I'm going to suggest to the American people that I'm descended from and I still extol the values of people who are suspicious of those who take too much.
	Because I think, this is how I think, because America still believes in the defining American dream notion that people are self-made and secondly the anecdote is being ascribed not to her but to her parents who are a generation away and thirdly and perhaps most importantly because We have become completely uprooted from meaning at all.
	Once you've untethered an event like that from reality, you can say anything.
	There are so many continuing examples of hypocrisy.
	There's no requirement... Do you really believe, Neil, that there's an... that there'll be someone that goes, don't say that, because watching this, you'll go, hold on, you guys have just done a Netflix deal for 50 million quid.
	People are going to think it's hypocritical.
	No, they'll say, well, no, we would counter that by saying it's your parents that said it.
	It's the American dream.
	dream and also look mate, look at what's happening in the whole pandemic era, we're just sort
	of collapsing continually with new information, you've got no time for people to assess something
	like that, that's subtle almost.
	But just in and of itself, if you just take it as a speech in its own right, just look
	at the content, why would she say, why would she connect her parents, her mother, saying
	that our parents were suspicious of people taking too much.
	When she is someone who is not an exemplar of those values, you just go another way.
	She's setting herself up for her own fall.
	There's no logic to invoking her mother.
	There is no fall.
	What follows now is endless eulogising and hagiography immediately afterwards.
	No one on CNN or anywhere other than us, a couple of poor British fellas spilled on the couch are going to point out the hypocrisy of that.
	Elsewhere on social media.
	People that are paying attention.
	But it's too much.
	It's too quick.
	It's too continual.
	It's too incessant.
	The function of Michelle Obama in that context is the authenticity and integrity.
	Gareth called it the other day when he said what the DNC is this year is a rebrand.
	That brand had been badly damaged by Biden, reaching its nadir in the debates.
	Now, through strategy, because certainly a lot of people were predicting that Biden wouldn't run in 2024, they've got this opportunity for an incredible reboot.
	So I say, before the event takes place, they're almost right.
	What are the reviews going to be?
	The reviews are going to be This was the most amazing... So what are they going to say by that record about Kamala Harris?
	We're going to be reading in Legacy Media, you know, statesmanly or womanly.
	This was incredible.
	This is what the country needs.
	You know, if she's a person that seems awkward on camera, you're inundated with... She's joyful.
	She's brilliant.
	People love that she's quirky.
	The machine, I think, is watertight, and I don't think it cares for the kind of hypocrisy that you're sort of outlining.
	I care, the people here care, but it's too much to account for.
	But do you think the vast majority of people who are watching this, who aren't us, are
	just able to set aside everything they know, everything they've heard, and just consume
	this in the present with no reference to anything they know, anything they've heard.
	Anything from the recent past distant past are they just watching as a as a spectacle and just enjoying That you let they say oh, we've just watched the greatest speech of all time even though a moment's reflection would say well It wasn't it was bollocks.
	Yeah I've got a book called The Greatest Speeches of All Time, and one of the speeches it has in there is one of the leaders of the ghettos in Poland, whose job it is to go in to appeal to the parents that they have to yield their children to the concentration camps, and the speech that that person has to give.
	Elsewhere in it, it's Martin Luther King, and it's Churchill, and it's all the best speeches of the 20th century.
	And it's full of, like, dialogue, or in that case, I suppose, monologues, that are evoking such incredible spirit.
	And I think in the absence of it, we just sort of pretend it's there.
	Because obviously, you know, what you talk about all the time on your show, Neil, is, ultimately, it's only, like, two years ago that all this stuff happened, and we're just pretending that it didn't.
	We almost can't take it on board.
	And I feel like...
	Yeah, I love your point.
	What are the general consumers?
	Because, you know, if you watch the chat on Rumble, what most people are thinking is this thing is total bollocks.
	But also what that shows, I think, is they're not appealing to people like, you know, whether it's libertarians or anarchists or MAGA people or Trump voters.
	They're appealing to this is who we want.
	Well, I don't know, man, because it's odd, isn't it?
	Because it's like the party of academia.
	It can't be stupidity.
	It has to be something more complex than that.
	It's a kind of faith, isn't it?
	It's a kind of religious faith.
	Did anyone see it coming, though, that now that we've got all the means to record and keep everything... I mean, all these people are filming this.
	Look at them.
	They're not even necessarily watching it now.
	They're making sure that they've recorded it for posterity.
	And so there's like infinite ability to remember it, but memory itself, being able to relate what you're watching now to what you've previously learned and what you already know, seems to have been utterly destroyed by this ability to record.
	I don't need to pay attention to this now.
	I've got it on my phone.
	I can watch it later.
	Nobody ever watches any of these things back.
	They're not going to watch that, whatever it is that they've just recorded on their phone.
	And so they've recorded it for posterity, they'll never watch it again, and they didn't watch it in the moment.
	I've been a sort of a participant, of course, in the Spectacle.
	And when you're doing something like the MTV VMA Awards, you know, and Beyonce is going to be on,
	and maybe Jay-Z or Taylor Swift, and all of these sort of,
	like you feel like while you're participating, that you're doing something important.
	But I can't imagine other than the Kanye and Taylor Swift moment,
	that anybody's ever going to watch any of that stuff ever again.
	And I feel that this, this is, it seems more galling that that is true,
	because what we're meant to be watching is a political movement,
	but you need only look at it for a moment to see that even when it's talking about something
	as serious as a school shooting or something as complex as abortion,
	that it's still painting in primary colors, because it's talking to a willing congregation.
	So I don't think it's about the inability of the audience to discern.
	I can't believe that people are stupid and unable to assess it.
	I think that it's actually more akin to faith than anything else.
	Like, look, we have to believe in this.
	Because actually, we don't have very much choice.
	Why is it... Look at Mary Alexander, Neil.
	Why is it a concert?
	Like, uh, why is it a concert?
	Why is it a concert?
	Do you know what I'm actually aware of?
	For every, from moment to moment I forget what it is.
	forget what it is.
	Yeah, like, what is this?
	Yeah, yeah, we're waiting on... I'm already forgetting that we're waiting for Kamala Harris.
	We're doing it.
	You're doing it while you're talking about it.
	That's the best speech I've ever seen in my life, Michelle Obama.
	Whoa, Taylor Swift's plane has landed.
	It's a spectacle.
	I actually felt... Do you know, I actually felt a bit of excitement when you said that.
	I mean, what's happened?
	I'm a grown man!
	Um, am I... What... I just... Can I smoke in here?
	Do you mind?
	It's because of its unusual circumstances.
	Do you mind if I smoke in here?
	Thank you.
	I just thought I would ask all of you, and I'm very glad.
	Otherwise I'd go out and smoke it out to the side.
	And it's weird, actually, again, by the way, like, Taylor Swift, right?
	You can see Taylor Swift is obviously an extraordinary, or actually an economy, it was announced to me.
	She's like an economy.
	She affects GDP.
	She's a small country.
	She's a small country.
	Make sure you get all those syllables.
	Now, like, the thing is, though, that you see Taylor Swift all the time.
	So what's the meaning of Taylor Swift in that context?
	Why is it valuable there?
	I know that, woman.
	I would say that we've got to be unburdened by what might be.
	There's a semaphore that goes with that.
	It's what can be unburdened by what has been.
	That's what can be, over there.
	And that's what's been.
	That's what can be, things over there, on the left.
	Oh, yeah, nice, thanks.
	I actually don't think there's...
	Thank you very much.
	Why do you think, genuinely I ask, why would someone like, does Taylor Swift attend a thing like this out of any kind of sincerity?
	Or does she, in some way that we're not quite able to understand, does she have no option but to attend a thing like this?
	Because, you know, you can't imagine that it's good for a brand really.
	There was a point, there was a point where Taylor Swift had to be extremely careful about the... that she wasn't divisive in the choices that she made.
	And the same with some... like Sandler.
	Do you think he can handle it?
	Do we know how to... Oh, thanks guys.
	I think it'll be fun if it goes off.
	Yeah, it'll provide a real adrenaline rush.
	Um... I thought I bought a letter.
	Do you have a letter, mate?
	Forgive me.
	How to follow Michelle.
	I had to follow Gabby in pink.
	Gabby amazes me every single day.
	She was able to walk out and address you tonight because she's a fighter.
	It's quite nerve-wracking.
	And thanks to a team of doctors, nurses, and especially her speech therapist.
	We all need a team.
	I've flown into space four times.
	for keeping the order because we can I've flown into combat nearly 40 times
	try over it faster once did I do that by my template It took a team to accomplish a mission.
	It always does.
	I flew in the Navy during the first Gulf War.
	America rallied our allies to kick out a tyrant who invaded a neighbor.
	That's brilliant.
	That's what's so nerve-wracking because there's no way to predict what they're going to follow, what will follow what.
	You know, they go from something, you know, desperately, whatever.
	What's Trump's answer?
	Our man, Gareth, makes a fantastic point.
	Like, what did George represent when it was necessary for him to represent?
	He represented an invasion into Iraq under false pretenses.
	He was the Trump of his era.
	He's an idiot.
	And now, it's convenient.
	He's invited in.
	He's a fun killer.
	He does watercolor paintings!
	You know, nothing has any meaning.
	Michelle Obama's speech could be the best speech in history.
	George W. Bush can be reinstated as an elder and a hero because nothing has any meaning.
	I'm saying this from a non-partisan perspective.
	I'm not saying that the answer is for Hulk Hogan to come out and tear his shirt open.
	I don't know either, but at least in a sense with the MAGA movement there is a kind of overt vulgarity.
	This is sort of steeped in piety and certainty about itself.
	Yeah, there's a kind of an I have a dream echo to the whole world that's supposed to be there.
	But now you don't know from moment to moment where they're going to go.
	I'm holding out for Dan Coyle, actually.
	I think he would have a certain... Can we fall for that again?
	I miss that guy.
	Make him the commander-in-chief?
	The only suckers would be us.
	That's a fact check.
	I think that it's been largely debunked.
	Trump saying that.
	Which one?
	What did he say there?
	He said that Trump called military veterans suckers and losers.
	He didn't say that.
	That's been utterly debunked.
	There's not a shred of fact there.
	But it doesn't matter.
	It doesn't matter.
	You just keep saying it.
	George W. Bush, bring him out.
	Billionaires are good.
	Billionaires are bad.
	You just say it.
	The world laughs at Trump, literally.
	But folks, it is not funny.
	When he was president, that meant the world was laughing at us.
	The threats we faced were too serious.
	Sacrifices were a serious mistake.
	There's a cat there, got Neil.
	How's that treating you?
	Do you want a bet?
	I'd be... I'm something terrible, mate.
	Would you have to say, like, a Scottish phrase, like, I feel peely wall-ey?
	Some people would have to sort of say something absolutely Scottish.
	I might say it and do that with my bottom lip, like you did with yours.
	Peely wall-ey!
	You didn't almost turn your mouth inside out, then.
	It's been a while, Neil, but I can still do it.
	What are you saying now?
	What?
	Rockets?
	Trump didn't... Isn't it true, not that that matters, to say that the world laughed more at America when it was Trump than it's laughed at America with Joe Biden?
	I mean, hasn't Biden been much more value in that regard?
	Comedically.
	He's been a better foil.
	As fodder for casual, cruel laughter.
	I did feel, like we used to discuss, why is this never coming up on late night talk shows?
	Why are they never saying, that's a bit mad that he's done that, you know?
	That it was never regarded as fodder except for in peripheral media spaces or online media spaces which could no longer really be called peripheral due to the changing dynamics.
	Yeah, I think he was pretty funny.
	Trump's funny.
	Deliberately.
	The incontinence meme was compelling.
	You never got that with Trump.
	The incontinence meme was compelling.
	You won't get this kind of commentary.
	with many other commentators in our space, I'll tell you that.
	I always thought it was ironic that Trump's very name was on the map.
	It's poetic in that regard.
	The chief of staff, CIA director, Secretary of Defense.
	This is actually what you expect at a convention, isn't it?
	It's like, old guy, look, I've been doing this a while, but, like, not, like, pink, and a bunch of children, and the drummers have headbands on their eyes, and then, like, you just sort of get into how ridiculous it is, and someone, like, starts talking about an abortion, and he's like, I don't know what to feel anymore!
	That's insane!
	It's nerve-wracking.
	I don't know how to receive anything.
	I don't know if they're real people.
	Should we come off YouTube?
	I don't know.
	Gareth, what should we do about YouTube?
	Should we come off?
	Do you think?
	I'll do a little... I'll do an announcement.
	Have I gone too far?
	It's you again.
	Well, I've told you!
	I'll get my coat, shall I?
	Now, firstly, YouTube, I'd like to apologise for Neil Oliver.
	Just for being here.
	Shouldn't be on here at all.
	You know where he stands on the important issues.
	I joined the wrong queue.
	Sit still.
	I'll tighten that neckerchief in a moment.
	We're going to leave and we'll be doing this on Rumble.
	Thank you for watching us.
	Remember, we continually put our content up on YouTube, but our intention is that you join us to see the Wii monolith.
	And I used the word Wii there for you.
	That was culturally appropriate.
	To your left, you see, that's the moniker of Rumble just by your mic stand.
	Rumble is our home.
	Rumble is what we believe in.
	We're streaming on YouTube simply as a gateway drug.
	And to invite you to the Cura High that's available on Rumble.
	That's why we're leaving YouTube, because even that drug analogy is sort of getting bad.
	I mean, look at the chat.
	All right, so we'll be seeing you.
	We don't need to do a countdown.
	We're going to watch Carmen's speech.
	Remember, we're in the UK doing this.
	We don't feel very well.
	I don't even smoke.
	I mean, this is just an attempt to keep myself vivid.
	So yeah, if you watch it on YouTube... Yeah, who knows where this cigar could end up.
	In honour of Bill Clinton.
	It is the DNC, after all.
	Don't get swept up in it.
	If you're going to start taking this seriously... We'll see you in a second.
	Join us over on Rumble.
	Click the link in the description, guys.
	See you in a second.
	Trump tells tyrants like Putin to do everything they want.
	Not Mega Yankee.
	Who's your God, Russell?
	Jesus.
	Not on my watch.
	Amy G20.
	Can I see your cat?
	Not really.
	The cat looks really happy.
	I don't want to move the cat.
	President Zelensky is going to rumble back against Russia.
	Yes.
	She knows.
	It's but a small thing, but mine own.
	Their democracy protects our democracy as well.
	I can't believe Neil Oliver is on the sofa, I before he.
	What is a Breton boy?
	Where are you?
	That's a reference that you might get.
	A couple of long lock Breton boys popping the will to write.
	Breton boys?
	I feel like that's going to be a reference that you might get.
	People from Celtic?
	Does it mean maybe Britannia?
	Brittany?
	I'm not sure, maybe.
	You guys are gonna see the sun come up before Kamala comes on and that was one of our fears when we agreed to this, wasn't it, Gal?
	That it'll be in the sort of cold light of day.
	How can that be?
	What Wilde would call the shameful day.
	You know, like, this all seems sort of fun when it's generally night time.
	If it's light out there and we're watching us talking about being unburdened, what my vibe might have been.
	I'm not gonna be happy, mate.
	I can't take that.
	That's gotta take place in the hours of dark.
	That's how she does it.
	It's what has been.
	Over where you are.
	Were you suggesting that you're somehow the future in Kamala's mangled mind?
	And what might be.
	It might be this.
	Could it be that?
	Unburden yourself.
	That's what Biden does.
	She'll keep America's military strongest in the world.
	It's a tough mic stand to that.
	It's weighed down by what might have been.
	I'm worried I might get hysterical.
	You've got the air of someone that could go hysterical at night time.
	I'm seeing that now.
	see that you've... we can stay, we can keep me in, I don't mind that.
	You've got the air of someone that could go hysterical at night time, I'm seeing that now.
	Well, you know, at this time of day I would normally be taking somewhere to be settled down.
	You can settle down here.
	I mean, look, we've got... Who knows?
	We've got this guy.
	We've got Taylor Swift.
	We've got... The fact, actually, that Taylor Swift's arrived, I don't find that encouraging, because what I see is we're not going to bed till the milk floats are out.
	And there's a reference from the British among you.
	Is there an intention to keep the world hanging on, not knowing if Campbell is coming on or not?
	Because they must have known when Taylor Swift's plane was landing.
	If you'd invited her, you'd have factored that in, wouldn't you?
	You'd know that she was either going to be on before Kamala or after Kamala.
	I would say Taylor Swift has got to immediately proceed.
	Be unburdened by Taylor Swift and enjoy what might be the Kamala Harris presidency.
	I reckon, mate, that... Yeah, that's how it's going to roll out.
	Do you think Taylor's going to do the last big crescendo?
	Absolutely.
	Because you can't do Taylor Swift and bring the energies up to that level and go, here's George W. Bush, remember when he did that war?
	Remember that fella killed himself about his sexed up dossier?
	No, it's Taylor Kamala.
	That's the cadence of a... If I was producing this, I'd have Taylor dance Kamala wrong.
	I think it could work equally well with Kamala and then, you know, party poppers.
	Then Taylor Swift sings this out.
	That could work just as well, depending on what she sings.
	I can't name a single Taylor Swift song.
	There's one called, um, it says that you're age appropriate in your interests.
	No question about it.
	Um, this is not for us.
	I'm not sure I would recognize it on the radiogram either.
	I want to show you this thing.
	There's this rather lovely website that endlessly posits that almost all our culture is satanic sigils.
	I enjoy it.
	I slept on the floor.
	I worked every job I could.
	Meatpacking, construction, making pizzas.
	And now I'm a billionaire.
	I mean, like, where is he?
	This could go anywhere.
	No, that's what I mean.
	Then we invaded Iraq.
	What's going to happen?
	You don't, you can't, you can't see anything flipping.
	No.
	That's when I lost my wrists.
	My wrists were, I lost my wrists on that floor.
	On a secretary's salary.
	My hands are to be joined at my elbows.
	I'm a kind of hoop now.
	They called us.
	This is the onset of hysteria that you predicted.
	Our luck ran out.
	We saw some of the heaviest combat of the war.
	And when we got home, the government failed to help us readjust.
	We have a duty to care for our patriots who serve our nation.
	But other than a brief interlude of four years in 2016, the Democrats have been in power during the period that this man is decrying.
	Trump's to blame for everything since the beginning of time, right up until now.
	Then there's meteorites.
	Killed the dinosaurs.
	Trump.
	everything since the beginning of time right up until now.
	Then there's me, Jay Wright.
	Kill the dinosaurs.
	What's that reference for?
	There's a reference.
	Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are fighting for them.
	Kamala Harris has delivered more benefits to more veterans than ever before.
	Yeah, that's the thing, you see.
	You don't even bother to ask yourself whether that might be true.
	Well, actually, do you want to see the fact-check?
	Should we do a bit?
	Check this out now.
	This is the 2025 fact-check.
	Yeah, fact-checking in the USA.
	Welcome to our new live item.
	It's fact-checking in the USA.
	And we know that the claim that a million jobs have been generated by Kamala Harris and Biden was untrue.
	It got fact-checked.
	Now, is it true that more veterans have had nice days out at Six Flags under Kamala Harris than any other commander-in-chief?
	We know not.
	But let's have a look at some of the fact-checking.
	Let's have a look at CNN checking the facts for 2025.
	That's interesting in and of itself.
	Let's have a look.
	Yeah.
	I think they're both important false claims because both were on a central subject of Democrats' attacks, and that is Project 2025, a conservative think tank's proposals for a next Republican administration.
	Listen to this claim from Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware about Project 2025 and former President Trump.
	He has, with his friends, said the quiet parts out loud.
	But not only said them out loud, he wrote a book about it.
	What's it called?
	Project 2025.
	That is false.
	Trump did not write Project 2025.
	The project's big policy document, published by the Heritage Foundation think tank, lists dozens of people as authors, editors, contributors.
	Donald Trump is not among them.
	A Project 2025 spokesman told me tonight no candidate was involved with the drafting of the document.
	Now, it is fair to say Trump has extensive ties to Project 2025, and CNN has reported that more than half of those authors, editors, and contributors worked at some point in his administration.
	But that's different than saying Trump actually wrote it.
	Now, let's also play something that Colorado's governor, Jared Polis, said about what's in that Project 2025 document.
	Page 451 says the only legitimate family is a married mother and father where only the father works.
	That is also false.
	Project 2025 does not say there is only one kind of legitimate family, let alone say that families in which a mother works outside the home is illegitimate.
	A Heritage Foundation spokeswoman, who's a working mom herself, told me tonight the governor's claim is a lie.
	Now, if you read the page the governor mentioned, you'll see it does express a preference for a certain kind of family.
	It says, quote, families comprised of a married mother, father, and their children are the foundation of a healthy society.
	It then goes on to criticize Biden policies that supposedly subsidize single motherhood and focus on LGBT equity.
	You can obviously debate all of that, but nowhere does Project 2025 say a family is not legitimate if the mom has a job.
	Jake?
	Some of the facts were so egregious that even CNN had to fact check them.
	And we did that, of course, because some claims were made about veterans right there.
	And I think one of the things you have to be alert to when you get sucked into, it seems odd to call it minutiae when it's so obviously grand, but when you get pulled into the tropes of American politics, is that while all of this is happening, There are American service personnel right now engaged in wars that are unnecessary and certainly on the brink of being further inveigled.
	Certainly, you know, we know about the bases in Ukraine.
	Certainly, it seems that there's an appetite for further conflict, for further involvement in various conflicts.
	The botched Afghanistan campaign and withdrawal still kind of seems pretty recent.
	It doesn't matter.
	No.
	It doesn't matter.
	You just get to, they just get to, you can say anything.
	Is it because they're just saying what ought to be true?
	What ought to be true?
	Do people just want to hear what ought to have been true?
	Yes, I think that is what it is.
	This ought to be true.
	If you prefix everything with this ought to be true, it makes a lot more sense actually.
	Michelle Obama's speech is the best speech ever because, you know.
	It should be that, that would be good.
	It would be good if it was.
	Yeah.
	It's 10 o'clock Eastern Time.
	It's quite late.
	I've given up any hope that I'll be smoking this cigar during Kamala's speech.
	And I reckon that represents 30 minutes of our lives.
	We've still got Taylor Swift to sit through.
	That's some Generation X stuff.
	I can't see that coming.
	Neil, I'm going to smoke your neckerchief.
	Shall we have a look at this?
	Gareth's just given us this, mate.
	This is clip 21.
	It's a vibes election.
	This is presumably the claim that we don't need to worry about policies or manifesto or even facts.
	It's a vibes election.
	We've not seen this clip before, Neil or I, but that won't stop us providing punditry of, I would say, a high quality.
	I feel confident of that.
	Do you?
	I do.
	How is it that you're maintaining so much traction on this couch and looking really quite erect?
	Forgive me Neil, I don't get a lot of company among the Scottish.
	Let's have a look at clip 21.
	I don't know, I'm just pushing my butt down.
	It's what I'm doing with my feet.
	I'm anchored.
	I'm anchored.
	Let's have a look.
	Oh, she has to do more interviews.
	She has to talk about policy.
	Interesting from insiders you're speaking to, they're sort of like, no, absolutely not.
	Haven't needed to do it so far.
	Why start now?
	And that's exactly it.
	Their concern about her doing that could potentially trip her up and give Trump some ammunition.
	In fact, a lot of those Democrats I spoke to today said, avoid those policy prescriptions.
	I haven't heard from many voters looking for white papers and policy papers.
	What they want to hear is what her vision is for this country.
	The American people don't vote on policy prescriptions.
	I actually think the way the American people think about this choice is less about the
	minutiae of policy and more about the direction of the country.
	I think the way the American people think about this choice is less about the minutiae
	of policy and more about the direction of the country.
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	right then correct there i think si it mightve been a question as to
	why play it because it is not necessary right protocol is
	implemented constant so you put it up at some stage and it
	happens so it is a marketing How was that speaker able to say that it's about the direction of the country?
	Without policy, without even a suggestion of policy, that just becomes, well, let's just wake up in the morning and see where we are.
	Maybe the writing was on the wall when we all just accepted that Do you think even they are bored with it?
	Oh, do you know, I can't be bothered.
	I'm rich, I'm loaded, I'm a proper billionaire, man.
	Let's just see what happens.
	us with a spectacle as gaudy as this one and say it's a vision, it's a direction of a country,
	you don't need policy.
	Do you think even they are bored with it?
	Oh do you know I can't be bothered.
	I'm rich, I'm loaded, I'm a proper billionaire me, let's just see what happens.
	Is that it?
	We're not even going to pretend to give the people something to hope for.
	I don't know.
	I feel like there will be zeal.
	I just looked at Tim Walz.
	He was so enthusiastic.
	It looked like he could pop an archery.
	I think he's just glad to be out.
	Right now, before the crisis, is when we get to choose.
	Why wouldn't we choose the leader who's tough, tested, and a total badass?
	Yeah, that went over well, didn't it?
	I liked the word badass.
	She liked that word badass.
	I know who I want as our commander in chief.
	America, let's choose Kamala Harris.
	I learned from the writing of the great genius David Foster Wallace the word phatic.
	Information that does not need to be stated because it is self-evident.
	So to say at the DNC I'm going to vote for Kamala Harris seems, after all of the drummers and endless abortions, somewhat superfluous.
	Endless abortions.
	Who do you think she's going to vote for?
	Listen, I like this Trump guy.
	He seems a bit like a renegade.
	No, he gets criticized in the media, but if you listen to him, he's actually quite funny.
	I first got into him by watching Shane Gillis' impressions of him, then I thought, actually, I like the real one as well.
	You didn't bomb anyone.
	Also, there's no bombing, but that doesn't matter.
	You know, did you see, we saw it first on Rogan, then we did it on our show, A Common Pathway, where Joe Rogan pulled up Trump on the view prior to the announcement of his candidacy.
	He's just a normal celebrity, Neil.
	He's just like that, you know, sort of joy and all of the other cohorts.
	Like, just like, oh, so you might run for president, and what do you think you'll do?
	And it was so clear he was going to be Republican, because, you know, the Republican one was a little nicer.
	But everyone was generally nice.
	And I sort of can't believe that what... The people that hate him, though.
	Yeah.
	Visceral hatred for him.
	Visceral hatred.
	I can't believe that the subsequent hatred is based on events.
	I think it's based on positioning.
	Yeah, because he didn't... I mean, what is it?
	I mean, you'd think that not having bombed anyone would score him some...
	Brownie points, wouldn't you?
	Some basics like that.
	Yes.
	And that smash and we walk that he went for with Kim Jong-un.
	I mean, that was top television.
	The nicknames.
	Obama didn't like the nicknames.
	I think that the nicknames is a big plus.
	I know.
	And as you say, didn't bomb anyone.
	Keep saying.
	Just didn't bomb anyone.
	That's irrelevant.
	Again, if I...
	If there had been a Democrat president that during their tenure hadn't bombed anyone, like, you know, we know that Barack Obama droned more kids than George W. Bush, so we shouldn't be surprised that George W. Bush might be brought out along with Taylor Swift and maybe some drones as a sort of coronation of Kamala.
	Exploding drones.
	You're doing it again.
	You've got such grip.
	What it is?
	I don't know what I'm doing.
	Is it the DJ jazz?
	That's giving you that kind of core?
	I think I'm like pushing somewhat into the back.
	I'm letting my heels anchor on this rather nice... Is it called parkour?
	I think my ratio of thigh to cushion.
	That's what's doing you.
	They're being dragged forward at the knee.
	Pamela Harris!
	Say hello!
	I'd like it if we came up on one of those screens, Neil.
	I would join.
	I'd hold up a sign.
	You're doing well.
	Keep going.
	It's a very good show.
	Is she coming on?
	Drum, Neil!
	This is your chance!
	I've actually forgotten why they hate Trump so much.
	into action between now and November 10th.
	I've actually forgotten why they hate Trump so much.
	I mean apart from some ill-advised things said, what's at the root of the absolute loathing?
	Look, I can remember, when he first announced that he was running, the world being what it is, everything a matter of record, there's loads of videos of me going, you can't have Donald Trump as president, it's ridiculous, he's insane!
	And when he said those things like, you can't have the drug dealers coming across the border, sex criminals...
	I was like, fucking hell, this guy's out of control, man.
	But like, you know, since Biden began to emulate his border policies anyway, the much-mooted cages were there prior to his tenure, it sort of just started over time to recognise it was a kind of a hatchet job.
	It's a hatchet job. It didn't hurt any of it.
	To defend truth, defend democracy and decency.
	Again, vague, innit?
	That's Vibe's election.
	Democracy, decency.
	Did you hear Mike Benz's analysis that democracy now doesn't mean electoral ballot or mandate.
	It means a set of institutions that have to be protected.
	It means The judiciary, the CIA, the deep state.
	So when there's a war to defend democracy in Ukraine where there is no elections and only one TV channel, you still call it a war for democracy?
	Ironically, it's not about the demos at all.
	It's not about the people.
	It's about the institutions.
	It's not about the congregation.
	It's about the church building.
	Keep a roof on that.
	That's what it does.
	Into hell with the congregation.
	Not demos.
	They love this country just as much as we do!
	Would you like a drink, mate?
	I'd love one.
	What would you like to drink?
	You can drink alcohol.
	What, you're going to give Neil alcohol?
	He can drink alcohol.
	You're not an alcoholic, are you?
	May I?
	May I?
	You're going to get... I'm going to get what?
	You're drunk.
	at home and drunk as we conservatives have ever been.
	I was relieved to discover that because I've learned something about my political opinion.
	Something including the Republican Party.
	Where are these red shoes?
	equals CEDAW It has a split in Egypt
	Where are these red shoes?
	This dude, I think he came out with some A man who's almost wearing his
	Is he wearing red shoes with a green tie though?
	That's ill-advised.
	Well, I'm more than that by some people's reckoning.
	Red and green should never be seen except upon an Irish Colleen.
	And little children of a certain age should not be with in your range.
	He's a faithless man, pretending to be righteous.
	Rat eyes.
	Like, people, like, the brutality.
	Sometimes I don't look.
	It's just sort of such a dreadful mirror.
	Because sometimes they may, they may turn on me.
	Or you.
	We're all... I'm afraid to read some of it out.
	No, don't just read it.
	Be careful.
	We're not on YouTube anymore.
	I don't know.
	Lies in defending the vulnerable.
	It's in protecting your family.
	Madman193 sums it up nicely.
	Yes, yes, succinct.
	We're of course watching the comments on Rumble, but what about our Awakened Wonders on Locals?
	Hello you guys, like NegligentBanana and BigMacTop.
	There you go.
	I mean, that wasn't an hour ago.
	I don't think, don't take that personally, I think that's rather than the event itself.
	Fat ears, rat eyes, just attack after attack.
	I've forgotten, I've forgotten what he is there to be.
	Let's see if you can tell what he's meant to represent, just based on military.
	I stood witness to the proclamations issued in desecration of our sacred tradition of peaceful transition of power
	I wouldn't miss that Harnessed by a man too fragile, too vain, and too weak to
	accept defeat How can a party claim to be patriotic if it idolizes a man
	who tried to overthrow a free and fair election?
	Say that again How can a party claim to stand for liberty if it sees a fight for freedom in Ukraine?
	An attack pitting tyranny against democracy.
	A challenge to everything our nation claims to be.
	And it retreats.
	It equivocates.
	An endorsement and a potential alliance.
	Which is what people were saying.
	Yeah, that would be good timing.
	But shouldn't you have been like, you know, running me?
	Well there was talk of it at the time, but of course isn't like again to house the sort of vertiginous and ludicrous g-force of the current news cycle.
	What I heard is that they were discussing it and that he was even in Milwaukee at the time.
	But that was like the Republican movement were riding high.
	Trump's off the back of an assassination attempt.
	You know, it's like he's still running against Biden.
	My instinctive reaction to that is just, I think no matter whether you approve of him or like him or what you want to
	see him as Prez, he could really do it.
	Do you know, when he spoke, when he speaks, he's brilliant.
	RSAJL.
	He's great.
	And him not being part of that firmament.
	Oh, really?
	I mean, I didn't, you know, it's hard to imagine that he was going to, you know, win.
	Bring that in, don't be afraid.
	This is a very forgiving medium we're streaming along.
	Thank you very much, mate.
	That's very kind.
	I wonder where to top that.
	See if Neil can balance it on his legs.
	Thank you very much.
	Thank you, mate.
	I believe I'll have a bit of modesty.
	You know those brands, do you?
	I just like the color.
	Are you an alcoholic, Neil?
	Like, someone criticized me for dotting my ash too much, right?
	That's how brutal it can be in the stream.
	And they said, like, Hunter S. Thompson will be... He'll be spinning in his grave.
	And I like that.
	That's such a niche reference.
	And I feel like that Hunter S. Thompson would have let, like, his fag ash really get loved.
	And I'm so... I saw the comment, and I'm trying to keep this going.
	It's a...
	Is that because it might put the cigar out?
	Or, why does it matter?
	I think that some people are saying that this is the hobo version of the dealed Skinner unplanned.
	Actually, you're an upgrade on that.
	I do I do I do I do I do you're an upgrade on style you could be a hair gel model for aimed at the 40s market. Vote
	for our Ben Rockman. Martin McGuinness looks like a clown without makeup.
	Gareth, in your mind, I suppose that's...
	Tautologist, because where else would it be?
	But where do you still think 4.30?
	So do I. I'm starting to think 4.30.
	That number sort of came, didn't it?
	You know that.
	That's not random.
	You somehow know that.
	I don't know how I'm going to feel at 4.30.
	This is like, the only reason you do stuff like this is because you're the only person around.
	Boxing.
	Sometimes, you know, like when you stay up for boxing.
	I don't even do that very often.
	I'm like, always doing that.
	But the only times I've ever done this boxing, or when sort of computers were like, when I was little, and like, oh, I'll play on a computer all night with my cousin.
	That's it.
	Or drugs, of course.
	But drugs, everything's different.
	You can beat time with drugs.
	You can't beat time with this.
	Times.
	A Superbowl.
	You've done it for a Superbowl.
	I always remember, not that I have any real... Or World Cups in their own country.
	Personal experience, but it started with Withnell and I, when Withnell's in the bar, and he's talking about... As soon as you stop, whatever it is you're taking, all the frozen moments... Oh my God, that is so beautiful.
	All the frozen moments come back, or something, and I thought, even though I hadn't... I couldn't exactly empathise, I thought, I bet that's right.
	She raised us to believe that we could be and do anything.
	And we believed her.
	I don't know that line, but yeah man I love it.
	She raised us to believe that we could be and do anything.
	And we believed her.
	You see...
	There's been a lot of...
	I think we didn't know how lucky we were with the drummers.
	Yeah.
	The drummers, I'd take them in an instant now.
	I wish we had that as a clip.
	I have talked about the drummers enough, I think, to make it patently apparent that they were my high point.
	Because I can't forget them.
	I miss those drummers.
	We didn't appreciate them when they were there.
	Oh no, you're going to be drunk in a minute.
	And you've drunk wine already today, Neil.
	Two sips.
	Two sips.
	The grain and the grape.
	The grain and the grape.
	With milk.
	We may all have different histories.
	Look, I'm putting it down.
	At least it's company.
	At least it's company.
	You're not getting a fee.
	You should at least be able to get drunk.
	I won't.
	I promise you.
	Do you want to watch a clip?
	Yeah, always.
	Do you want to watch a clip of Wignall?
	Definitely cannot, actually.
	That'd be amazing.
	Start watching with Now and I, and then miss it.
	People would like people to say, they've just started watching with Now and I. Yeah, with being the crew in Crag, when she comes on.
	Oh, I've got to keep this bit on.
	Mate, I think we should watch, this is how almost every Democrat candidate So much optimism, so much joy throughout the nation and it
	is why we need her leadership in this historic moment.
	It's the DNC.
	It's unlikely.
	Why?
	I think there is a strange irony about the party of Roe v.
	Wade and abortion and it's the DNC.
	It's unlikely.
	Why?
	Because abortion is dilatation and puritage.
	Dilation and puritage.
	and puritanical.
	It's a D&C.
	That is it.
	Oh gosh, I didn't know those terms were right.
	I see, so it's a sort of an irony of acronym.
	I mean, it's like, what are the chances?
	That's pretty niche.
	But it's near.
	Every time I hear someone say that, I actually think that's what I think.
	There's so much bombast that you found your way to that.
	Staggering.
	We have so much more in common than separates us.
	She knows the better of abortion.
	Why don't we cheer ourselves up with the jolly spectacle of abortion.
	I'm still trying to keep this because of the Hunt Thompson references.
	Yeah, we'll check out a clip.
	We may have 90 minutes before... Forget Kamala Harris.
	Taylor Swift could be on the telly any minute.
	Let's have a look.
	I think abortion should remain legal, but it needs to be safe and rare.
	And I have spent many years now as a private citizen, as First Lady and now as Senator, Trying to make it rare.
	Trying to create the conditions where women had other choices.
	I have supported adoption, foster care.
	I helped to create the campaign against teenage pregnancy, which fulfilled our original goal ten years ago of reducing teenage pregnancies by about a third.
	And I think we have to do even more.
	You know, when I think about this issue, I think about the whole range of concerns and challenges associated with it, and I will continue to do what I can to reduce the number and to improve and increase the care for women, and particularly the adoption system and the other opportunities that women would have to make I do not view abortion as a choice in a right.
	I think it's always a tragedy.
	And I think that it should be rare and safe.
	And I think we should be focusing on how to limit the number of abortions.
	So I guess what the clip is there to demonstrate is how their position has evolved and how, as that point of difference has become more significant, as the parties have kind of merged, the emphasis on that point of difference has become, forgive the word, you will surely notice this, hysterical.
	Because that's one of the few areas, because I can't say we're going to end war, or we're pro free speech, or end inequality, but we're going to really lean into reproduction.
	Whoever scripted that, for either of those people, that's a reasonable thing to be heard saying about a very emotive topic.
	Defendable.
	Sort of honours the... It takes into account the gravity of what's being discussed.
	Yeah.
	And it acknowledges... Oh my God!
	How'd it happen?
	Fire!
	Fire!
	Go on, now, go on.
	I've changed my train of thought now.
	No, you're saying it honours the... It honours the... It dignifies the matter.
	It treats the matter seriously, rather than, as you say, the hysterical...
	I've met these fams.
	I don't know what they've been through.
	And they deserve more.
	She went toe-to-toe with some of the world's top talent.
	Right through.
	Let me think again.
	Because I will fact-check you, Neil.
	you know, in the car park or the venue, it's just not...
	...tracking me.
	Well, it's nearby, yeah, the...
	...the what's it, the...
	...the Planned Parenthood Great River.
	Because I will fact-check you, Neil.
	The Planned Parenthood Great River.
	I will fact-check you so hard.
	And you think that's...
	...that's bringing in a...
	...that's making something that should be serious and is serious casual,
	and just by the way.
	Where back in 2008 both of those, both Clinton and Biden were investing the matter with seriousness.
	You've got to stay on mic.
	I think this, hey Liam will you help us with Neil's mic again?
	Keeps drooping as he gets more drunk.
	Someone said, and is my mic level okay in the chat, guys?
	And someone said that they saw me in a Family Guy episode today.
	I know that reference.
	What are you?
	I mean, I don't know about today, but I have seen it before.
	And what it is, is when Peter says, Oh, I talk funny.
	Give me some money.
	That's how I was rendered.
	I talk funny!
	Give me some money!
	He's sort of dressed up like me.
	Did he say it before?
	I talk funny!
	Give me some money!
	That's Seth MacFarlane's take.
	That's how I want to be remembered.
	Could happen.
	Hmm.
	Hmm.
	We've drifted from the topic, haven't we?
	Yeah, because it got boring!
	Actually, I see why the drummer's now, because when they get out the sort of people you normally see, like, old white fellas, you do sort of think, hmm, this is boring, actually.
	Yeah, I can see now.
	I was... I like... I like... I want Taylor Swift.
	Get... Swift 8!
	I can't look forward to Taylor Swift, because I don't know anything she sings.
	Yeah, but you know what Taylor Swift is, mate.
	At the mention of her name, I don't hear anything.
	I don't hear anything.
	It's just a sort of a psychological abyss.
	It's just a person moving back and forth across the stage, but I don't know what she might be singing, so I can't look forward to it.
	Those are interesting pyjama trousers.
	Look, don't judge those.
	Look away.
	Look away from my trousers.
	Where's the camel bit?
	Is that a belt you're wearing?
	This bit, no.
	I've got some shorts on.
	This is maximum comfort.
	And I could, if I do catch fire from dropping the cigar, I can peel off a layer.
	This is Jim Jams.
	This is Jim Jams, Neil.
	There'll be no peeling off of that layer while I'm on this couch.
	You're dressed like an archaeologist.
	You're dressed like an Indiana Jones aficionado.
	This is a ceaseless pitch to have an action figure.
	You know in Indiana Jones at the beginning of the films he's at the university still
	and he's got sort of horn rim specs on and like there's some reference to some
	bauble that he's doubtlessly gonna have to steal.
	The all like that bit.
	This is a ceaseless pitch to have an action figure.
	I'm trying to make it simple for the designer.
	There could be no dubiety.
	You can get one. I know someone who'll make you one.
	There could be no dubiety about how my action figure would be dressed.
	No, that's right.
	That's your outfit.
	Do you really want an action figure?
	Because I can deal with that.
	Or do you want it to be legit merch?
	I don't want a vanity publishing action figure.
	I want a real one.
	I'm afraid there's unlikely to be a Coast Guy Star Wars figure at this point.
	Why?
	I just think it's the economics.
	Thanks, mate.
	Is this for clips?
	She was raised by a working mom.
	We taught her about standing up for what's right.
	Right, actually, look, this is about... Thank you, mate.
	This is backstory.
	Kamala carries the lessons of our mother, the fighting spirit of our mother, the compassion.
	She's coming from a normal background.
	She was seven feet tall.
	And our mother, if I'd ever come home complaining about anything, she wouldn't have it.
	The first thing she'd say is, well, just stop the complaining.
	Just tell me what you're going to do about it.
	Do you feel somewhat burdened by what hasn't been, young Kamala, my mum used to say?
	It's always stuck with me.
	I like the image, I'll tell you that.
	herself from standing up for people and standing up for what she thinks.
	I like the image, I'll tell you that. The image, like the optics, I think is fantastic.
	In what regard?
	Well, like, if there were no other considerations other than would it be good to have a woman of colour be president who fought her way to the top through a tough legal system, if that was the only reality, and it is a reality, then I'd go that's really great, yes, if everything else was equal.
	But the problem is, as I regard it, that these, ultimately the figures that appear before us
	are the end point of institutional corruption. It's just a casting.
	That whole colour element of the way in which people are pitched, she is pitched, hand on
	heart, not only but partly because I wasn't paying particularly close attention, when
	I was aware of Kamala Harris to begin with, I didn't notice what...
	Her ethnicity didn't register with me at all.
	Right, that's good.
	I mean, I'm not saying love me, love me, I'm pure of heart or anything, but I just didn't, it never occurred to me that she was what she was at all.
	I didn't think about it in that respect.
	It was only when some other people made it an issue that I thought, oh, right, right.
	And I didn't know, oh, I hadn't.
	And I didn't know...
	Oh, I hadn't...
	She was good in them debates, you know.
	You know the primaries, when the Democrats held primaries a few cycles ago,
	she was most... she was promising.
	She took down Biden on his record.
	She did some pretty good stuff.
	So why do you think she didn't get anywhere then?
	Because she didn't.
	I mean, she was absolutely not wanted.
	Yeah, well, you know... Like, not wanted to the nth degree.
	My understanding is that she was not appealing, but like, you know...
	And yet, now she can walk on water.
	Apparently.
	Yes.
	Look at that little dude.
	Gareth would have liked this.
	Look at the backdrop where she's giving that speech.
	stand up to powerful interests.
	Fewer rights.
	Sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open.
	Whoa, look at that little dude.
	Gareth would have liked this.
	Look at the backdrop where she's giving that speech.
	You can't even let that f***ing door down.
	F*** you.
	Excuse my language.
	Like that, in a sense, in a single frame, you have what's discussed and what's not discussed.
	There she is at AIPAC.
	Silently over the right shoulder.
	We just want fairness.
	We want dignity for all people.
	And we are a work in progress.
	We haven't yet quite reached all of those ideals.
	That's that in its truestation.
	I see.
	That's what she likes.
	That's... and then...
	And then I'm going to spray up.
	Yeah.
	What you could do... you know earlier, mate, you said like it's sort of, erm,
	what did you say, sort of like it's detached from all meaning?
	If you accept it on its own terms, and by its own terms I say it's meaningless,
	you can just actually start to think, this is a good production.
	I never speak.
	The whole thing is a production.
	That's what she'll fight for every day.
	Freedom, freedom, where are you?
	It's just telly though, isn't it?
	Yeah, and that's sort of where I came in some years ago in British politics.
	I was like, well, what's the bloody difference?
	You know, when it was like, you know, when we were sort of squabbling over, you know, David Cameron or Ed Miliband, you know, like, it was like, well, what are we getting all worked up about?
	Or even something more superficially meaningful, like, you know, Blair versus one of his many electoral devourings.
	Please welcome the Democratic nominee for President, Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris.
	Wait a minute, where the fuck is Taylor Swift?
	Who is this Harris woman?
	We were waiting for Taylor Swift.
	This is it, we should concentrate, this is what we're here for mate.
	Wow right, gosh!
	We're going in.
	Quit on themselves.
	Taylor Swift's gonna come on while she's gonna bring Swift on.
	She's laughing.
	So, oh the forest of camels ready with the signage yes
	even they weren't pronouncing it right no be fair Where did they all come from?
	They were under the seats.
	Yeah, they obviously must have been.
	You'll get in a car.
	You'll get in a car.
	You'll get in a sign.
	You'll get in a sign.
	You'll get in a mouse mat.
	Do you feel a threesome about her arrival?
	very much.
	Good evening!
	Good evening everyone!
	Good evening!
	Can't wait for the first line.
	Good evening!
	Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
	Oh, it's nodding my head in rhythm again.
	That happens to me.
	Because in this part, this is good production.
	The children with the signs, that's good.
	Good evening.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	Thank you, everyone.
	Thank you.
	Thank you all.
	Okay.
	We got to get to some business.
	We got to get to some business.
	Okay.
	Thank you all.
	Okay.
	Thank you.
	Please.
	Thank you.
	Please.
	Thank you so very much.
	Thank you, everyone.
	Thank you, everyone.
	Thank you.
	Okay.
	Let's get to business.
	Let's get to business.
	All right.
	Okay, yes.
	Let's start by thanking my most incredible husband, Doug, for being an incredible partner to me, an incredible father to Colin, Ella, and happy anniversary, Dougie.
	I love you so very much.
	to our president Joe Biden.
	When I think about the path that we have traveled together, Joe, I am filled
	with gratitude.
	Your record is extraordinary, as history will show, and your contribution...
	Doug and I love you and Jill and are forever thankful to you both.
	This isn't business.
	Thanking your husband and then pretending that Joe Biden wasn't cruelly ousted.
	It's like an acceptance speech.
	And to coach him on... Yes, what is being indicated?
	What's the timbre?
	You are going to be an incredible vice president.
	And to the delegates and everyone who has put your faith in our campaign, your support is humbling.
	So, America, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected.
	But I'm no stranger to unlikely people.
	Not according to Vivek, not according to Nancy Pelosi.
	My mother, our mother, Shyamala Harris, had one of her own.
	And I miss her every day, and especially right now.
	And I know she's looking down, smiling.
	I know that.
	So my mother was 19 when she crossed the world alone, traveling from India to California with an unshakable dream to be the scientist who would cure breast cancer.
	When she finished school, she was supposed to return home to a traditional arranged marriage.
	But as fate would have it, she met my father, Donald Harris, a student from Jamaica.
	They fell in love and got married and that act of self-determination made my sister Maya and me.
	Growing up, we moved a lot.
	I will always remember that big Mayflower truck, packed with all our belongings, ready to go to Illinois, to Wisconsin, and wherever our parents' jobs took us.
	My early memories of our parents together are very joyful ones.
	A home filled with laughter and music.
	This is unexpected, I would say.
	It's not how I expected it to begin.
	Sentimentality.
	It feels like an acceptance speech at the Oscars.
	This thanking people just for being... Or it's like a wedding speech.
	Thanks for coming such a long way, you know, to see me here today.
	I can't imagine that this is what like Jimmy Carter would have been doing or even Clinton but it's a pretty unique situation in so much as she's the sitting VP.
	Biden's been extracted under really extraordinary circumstances so in a sense I suppose the elevation of sentiment is kind of required to obfuscate how odd the entire ceremony is.
	Walking death rattles beneath Captain Custer's sails.
	...and construction workers.
	All who tended their lawns with pride.
	My mother, she worked long hours.
	Scorpio to 6.50.
	How is this business?
	Let's get down to business.
	How's this business?
	Let's get down to business.
	My mother hasn't cured breast cancer.
	We've moved about a lot.
	I love my husband.
	Joe Biden didn't get nixed at the last minute in a terrible coup.
	None of them family by blood, and all of them family by love.
	Family who taught us how to make gumbo, how to play chess, and sometimes even let us win.
	Family who loved us.
	And told us we could be anything and do anything.
	They instilled in us the values they personified.
	I'm just gonna give you a family folksy vibe.
	Vote for me because I'm me.
	Don't worry about what I'm gonna do.
	Just, you know, just enjoy the moment.
	They instilled in us the values they personified.
	Community, faith, and the importance of treating others as you would want to be treated.
	Thank you.
	With kindness, respect, and compassion.
	My mother was a brilliant, five foot tall, brown woman with an accent.
	And as the eldest child, as the eldest child, I saw how the world would sometimes treat her.
	But my mother never lost her cool.
	She was tough, courageous, a trailblazer in the fight for women's health.
	And she taught Maya and me a lesson that Michelle mentioned the other night.
	She taught us to never complain about injustice, but do something about it.
	Do something about it.
	That was my mother.
	And she taught us, and she also taught us, and she also taught us, and never do anything half-assed.
	And that is a direct quote.
	A direct quote.
	I grew up immersed in the ideals of the civil rights movement.
	My parents had met at a civil rights gathering, and they made sure that we learned about civil rights leaders, including the lawyers like Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley.
	Those who battled in the courtroom to make real the promise of America.
	So at a young age, I decided I wanted to do that work.
	I wanted to be a lawyer.
	And when it came time to choose the type of law I would pursue, I reflected on a pivotal moment in my life.
	You see, when I was in high school, I started to notice something about my best friend, Wanda.
	She was sad at school.
	And there were times she didn't want to go home.
	So one day I asked if everything was alright.
	And she confided in me that she was being sexually abused by her stepfather.
	And I immediately told her she had to come stay with us.
	And she did.
	This is one of the reasons I became a prosecutor.
	To protect people like Wanda.
	Because I believe everyone has a right to safety, to dignity, and to justice.
	As a prosecutor, when I had a case, I charged it not in the name of the victim, but in the name of the people.
	For a simple reason.
	In our system of justice, a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us.
	And I would often explain this to console survivors of crime.
	To remind them, no one should be made to fight alone.
	We are all in this together.
	And every day, in the courtroom, I stood proudly before a judge and I said five words.
	Kamala Harris for the people.
	Oh, that's not what I did.
	And to be clear, and to be clear my entire career, I've only had one client, the people.
	I can believe that.
	And so, on behalf of the people, on behalf of every American, regardless of party, race, gender, or the language your grandmother speaks, on behalf of my mother and everyone who has ever set out on their own unlikely journey, On behalf of Americans like the people I grew up with, people who work hard, chase their dreams, and look out for one another.
	On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination to be President of the United
	States of America.
	And with this election, our nation, our nation with this election has a precious,
	fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism and divisive battles of the past,
	a chance to chart a new way forward.
	not Not as members of any one party or faction, but as Americans.
	And let me say, I know there are people of various political views watching tonight.
	And I want you to know, I promise to be a president for all Americans.
	You can always trust me to put country above party and self.
	to hold sacred America's fundamental principles, from the rule of law to free and fair elections
	to the peaceful transfer of power.
	I will be a president who unites us around our highest aspirations.
	A president who leads and listens, who is realistic, practical, and has common sense, and always fights for the American people.
	From the courthouse to the White House, that has been my life's work.
	As a young courtroom prosecutor in Oakland, California, I stood up for women and children against predators who abused them.
	As Attorney General of California, I took on the big banks.
	I delivered $20 billion for middle-class families who faced foreclosure and helped pass a homeowner bill of rights, one of the first of its kind in the nation.
	I stood up for veterans and students being scammed by big for-profit colleges.
	For workers who are being cheated out of their wages, the wages they were due.
	For seniors facing elder abuse.
	I fought against the cartels who traffic in guns and drugs and human beings.
	Who threaten the security of our border and the safety of our communities.
	And I will tell you, these fights were not easy.
	And neither were the elections that put me in those offices.
	We were underestimated at practically every turn.
	But we never gave up.
	Because the future is always worth fighting for.
	And that's the fight we are in right now.
	A fight for America's future.
	Fellow Americans, this election is not only the most important of our lives,
	it is one of the most important in the life of our nation.
	Thank you.
	In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man.
	But the consequences But the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.
	Consider not only the chaos and calamity when he was in office, but also the gravity of what has happened since he lost the last election.
	Donald Trump tried to throw away your votes.
	When he failed, he sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol, where they assaulted law enforcement officers.
	When politicians in his own party begged him to call off the mob.
	to call off the mob. Signify. Where's Taylor Swift?
	And now, for an entirely different set of crimes, he was found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday Americans.
	Again, it's redolent.
	I mean, she's moved on from biography.
	She's the vice-president.
	Right now, in this moment, and for the last four years.
	You know, it's redolent of that.
	It's like, why?
	It's as if he's in the White House now and she's hoping to oust him.
	She's there.
	She's there now.
	You know, you'd be forgiven for thinking that she was running as a kind of an underdog against an incumbent Republican president.
	She's the Vice President of the United States of America and has been for four years.
	She's the board mizarre and she's complaining.
	...our active duty military against our own citizens.
	Consider, consider the power he will have, especially after the United States Supreme
	Court just ruled that he would be immune from criminal prosecution.
	Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails.
	And how He would use the immense powers of the presidency of the United States.
	Not to improve your life.
	Not to strengthen our national security.
	But to serve the only client he has ever had.
	himself. And we know. And we know.
	know.
	And we know what a second Trump term would look like.
	It's all laid out in Project 2025, written by his closest... Another reference is, he was president for four years, and it was relatively peaceful.
	We are not going back.
	We are not going back.
	We are not going back to when Donald Trump tried to cut Social Security and Medicare.
	We are not going back to when he tried to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, when insurance companies could deny people with pre-existing conditions.
	We are not going to let him eliminate the Department of Education that funds our public schools.
	We are not going to let him end programs like Head Start that provide preschool and childcare for our children.
	America, we are not going back!
	This is an interesting show.
	We're not going back.
	A new way of sentiment forward to a future with a strong and growing middle class because we know a strong middle class has always been critical to America's success and building that middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.
	But what have they done for that middle class for the last four years?
	They've immiserated it.
	My mother kept a strict budget.
	We lived within our means, yet we wanted for little.
	And she expected us to make the most of the opportunities that were available to us.
	And to be grateful for them.
	Because, as she taught us, opportunity is not available to everyone.
	That's why we will create what I call an opportunity economy.
	An opportunity economy where everyone has the chance to compete and a chance to succeed.
	You live in a rural area, small town, or big city.
	And as president, I will bring together labor, and workers, and small business owners, and entrepreneurs, and American companies to create jobs, to grow our economy, and to lower the cost of everyday needs like health care, and housing, and groceries.
	We will provide Access to capital for small business owners and entrepreneurs and founders.
	And we will end America's housing shortage.
	And protect Social Security and Medicare.
	As we say in Scotland, will you?
	Aye.
	Prepare that, Donald Trump.
	Because I think everyone here knows he doesn't actually fight for the middle class.
	He doesn't actually fight for the middle class.
	Instead, he fights for himself and his billionaire friends.
	And he will give them another round of tax breaks that will add up to $5 trillion to the national debt.
	And all the while, he intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax—call it a Trump tax—that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year.
	Well, instead of a Trump tax hike, we will pass a middle-class tax cut that will benefit
	more than 100 million Americans.
	Friends, I believe America cannot truly be prosperous unless Americans are fully able
	to make their own decisions about their own lives, especially on matters of heart and home.
	Thank you.
	But tonight, In America, too many women are not able to make those decisions.
	And let's be clear about how we got here.
	Donald Trump handpicked members of the United States Supreme Court to take away reproductive freedom.
	And now he brags about it.
	In his words, quote, I did it and I'm proud to have done it, end quote.
	Well, I'll tell you.
	Over the past two years, I've traveled across our country, and women have told me their stories.
	Husbands and fathers have shared theirs.
	Stories of women miscarrying in a parking lot, developing sepsis, losing the ability to ever again have children, all because doctors are afraid they may go to jail for caring for their patients.
	Couples just trying to grow their family, cut off in the middle of IVF treatments.
	Children who have survived sexual assault, potentially being forced to carry a pregnancy to term.
	This is what's happening in our country because of Donald Trump.
	And understand, he is not done.
	As a part of his agenda, He and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban with or without Congress.
	And get this!
	Get this!
	He plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions.
	Simply put, they are out of their minds.
	And one must ask, one must ask, why exactly is it that they don't trust women?
	Well, we trust women.
	We trust women.
	And when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom as President of the United States, I will proudly
	sign it into law.
	In this election, That's the policy then.
	Many other fundamental freedoms are at stake.
	The freedom to live safe from gun violence in our schools, communities and places of worship.
	The freedom to love who you love openly and with pride.
	The freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.
	What would have stopped them doing that?
	No.
	What would have stopped them doing that now?
	If there's a way around it, why hasn't she done it?
	If she can just get in and do it, why hasn't she done it?
	Is it the US Supreme Court?
	Is it executive order?
	All of it's within their gift today.
	I don't understand.
	It does seem odd to talk about policy as though it's out of her reach at the moment.
	These are all available options and have been for the last four years.
	It does seem odd to talk about policy as though it's out of her reach at the moment.
	She's already there.
	She's got all the levers of power that she would have in January next year.
	Yeah, that is the logical problem that we confront, but I suppose it's an emotional and vibes-based event, and on that basis, it's...
	This is the type of rhetoric we'd anticipate.
	Hey guys, we've got to do something with the screen, just like something... Our screen's going to go into... We need the clicker.
	A click on the screen.
	So, telly's going to turn itself off.
	Possibly.
	Thanks.
	Thank you.
	Kelly's gonna turn itself off.
	As president, I will bring back the bipartisan border security bill that he killed and I
	will sign it into law.
	I know, I know we can live up to our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants and reform
	our broken immigration system.
	Thank you.
	Thank you.
	We can!
	But that's obstructed at the moment because the Democrats tried to fold in funding for Ukraine into the same oil.
	If they were serious about, let's deal with one thing at a time, all they had to do was take the I don't understand why people don't just pick that up all the time.
	That's what the Republicans were halting on...
	...negotiated with foreign leaders...
	Again, she can do that!
	...strengthened our alliance...
	She can do that now, she can do that tomorrow!
	...and engaged with our brave troops overseas.
	I don't understand why people don't just pick that up all the time.
	She is...
	...I will ensure America always has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world...
	...and I will fulfill our sacred obligation to care for our troops and their families...
	...and I will always honor and never disparage their service and their sacrifice.
	Thank you very much.
	In the numerous forthcoming global conflicts that we are being ushered into.
	It's tonal, I suppose, because it's interesting, isn't it, that what's preceded this are like homilies from ordinary folk, drummers, celebrities, so the sort of somber, serious tone in itself Passes for substance, unless you observe that this is a person who is already in office, that has had four years in office.
	It's, I suppose, reminiscent of Biden's We Beat Big Pharma this year, which seems like an odd dynamic for a sitting president to evoke when sitting as commander-in-chief.
	But as you pointed out Neil, the sort of presumed dynamic is we're outside of this and if you allow us to access the
	levers of power, these are the things we'll do.
	But these levers are already accessible.
	Intentionally or not, the message...
	Ukraine, NATO, more funding...
	Yet tax cuts...
	The message is that they were powerless because they already are the presidency now.
	And if they haven't done any of these things, which she says are doable, then it begs the question, does the executive not have the necessary authority?
	What's missing from your toolbox of getting these things done?
	I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself.
	And I will always ensure that Israel has the ability to defend itself.
	Because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7.
	Including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival.
	At the same time, what has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating.
	So many innocent lives lost.
	Desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again.
	The scale of suffering is heartbreaking.
	President Biden and I are working to end this war such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom, So that's the kind of key brinkmanship required to simultaneously support those two opposing ideas.
	I will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend our forces and our interests against Iran and Iran-backed terrorists.
	I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-un, who are rooting for Trump!
	Who are rooting for Trump!
	Because you know, they know, they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors.
	They know Trump won't hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat himself.
	And as president, I will never waver in defense of America's security and ideals,
	because in the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, I know where I stand and I know where the United States
	belongs.
	So, fellow Americans, fellow Americans, I love our country with all my heart.
	It's a good start.
	Everywhere I go, everywhere I go and everyone I meet, I see a nation that is ready to move forward.
	Ready for the next step in the incredible journey that is America.
	I see an America where we hold fast to the fearless belief that built our nation and inspired the world.
	That here, in this country, anything is possible.
	That nothing is out of reach.
	An America where we care for one another, look out for one another, and recognize that we have so much more in common than what separates us.
	That none of us, none of us has to fail for all of us to succeed.
	And that in unity there is strength.
	You know, our opponents in this race are out there every day denigrating America, talking about how terrible everything is.
	Well, my mother had another lesson she used to teach.
	Never let anyone tell you who you are.
	you show them who you are.
	America, let us show each other and the world who we are and what we stand for.
	freedom, opportunity, compassion, dignity, fairness, and endless possibilities.
	We are the heirs to the greatest democracy in the history of the world.
	And on behalf of our children and our grandchildren and all those who sacrificed so dearly for our freedom and liberty, we must be worthy of this moment.
	It is now our turn to do what generations before us have done, guided by optimism and faith to fight for this country we love, to fight for the ideals we cherish, and to uphold the awesome responsibility That comes with the greatest privilege on earth.
	The privilege and pride of being an American!
	Squirrel.
	Yeah, but if you extracted this from any other understanding or appreciation of what's been happening for the last four years, and this is a person who's been in the office to some degree for the last four years, as rhetoric, it's like, oh, I understand tonally what we're doing, but it's easy to...
	When all you are is a commentator, you know, then all you have are words, you know, because you don't have any... that's all you have.
	But she's got power!
	Right.
	And if her words don't ever have to... if she just says things that don't matter, that don't have to be enacted, that don't have to be made manifest, Writing stuff like that's the easiest gig in town.
	Yes.
	You just say, you just say, I'm gonna make this the bestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestestest Less than none of it done.
	It's amazing.
	It moves between platitudes and superlatives, and you have to, I suppose, decode where there's a kind of inference that there would be a policy, whether it's we're going to reduce these tax cuts, we're going to perpetuate that war, we're going to honour service people because we're continuing down this road with NATO, the border's going to be fine, and the sort of odd brinkmanship required around, of course, what's happening in the Middle East.
	Somehow, simultaneously, honour Joe Biden while saying that this is going to be a new start.
	And also, we've got to recognise that this is a person that's not been nominated in any kind of ordinary or precedented capacity.
	that's been placed before us and Biden himself didn't participate in primaries.
	No.
	So in a sense there's so much spectacle it's almost impossible to pull out meaning.
	All you're left with is images and kind of endless strings of platitudes.
	She's been crowned President of the United States without attending a debate,
	without really coming forward with any kind of meaningful policy.
	Oh, she was...
	All she was doing there was painting a picture of an idealised, utopian country.
	What do you want to hear?
	That meets all of its obligations.
	Everyone, without fear or favour, without exception, gets to get everything they want.
	And you can only make that kind of speech with even your fingertips clutching at the edges of credibility if you're not in power.
	Yes.
	Signifier says a masterclass in a platitudinous oratory.
	And now there's sort of recognisable descending balloons filled with air, going nowhere, much like what's preceded it.
	And the message I got as well, is it deliberate that Michelle Obama did her thing about my mama you know taught us to be frugal and not to not to take more than you need which is you know fair enough but i myself decided to get as many hundreds of millions as i could possibly get and damn the consequences and kamala harris did more or less the same thing she invoked the spirit of her mother who was a you know who she described as a hard-working diligent responsible parent you know firm but fair
	You know, taught our daughters to be proud and so on and so on.
	But, yeah, but I didn't do any of that.
	I've taken a different path entirely again.
	Why did they both invoke a parent whose message they have set aside in the lives that they manifest?
	Well, what a lot of people are calling this in the chat is Kamala Geddon to partner our British version Starmageddon.
	I would imagine that the CNN pundits that lauded Michelle Obama will be Deeply satisfied with that as a speech.
	She didn't consider what it's being compared to.
	She didn't blunder or slip up or meander.
	Because in a way, I reckon as a rebranding exercise, it's going to be considered a success.
	Because in a way, unburdened of what might have been, i.e.
	Joe Biden, it does seem like, oh well this is a coherent political machine.
	But as you pointed out, Neil, and as the chat is throbbing with, this is a person that's already in office.
	These things could be delivered immediately.
	There's some complexity and contradiction in it.
	And where the hell is Taylor Swift?
	Is she just in Chicago shopping?
	In the United Kingdom, it's quarter to four in the morning.
	Quarter past four in the morning.
	Oh my God.
	Quarter past four in the morning.
	Quarter past four in the morning, Neil.
	OK guys, well, hey, shall we flip over and see how... Are we on CNN?
	Yeah, let's check CNN because... Maybe Hulk Hogan's getting his shirt off there.
	Hulk Hogan's, I think, sewing his garments back together now, ready for another moment.
	Thank you for joining us for that.
	Let's check out CNN.
	And we'll get to work on packaging this.
	Thank you so much for joining us, all of you.
	We'll stay with you for another few minutes.
	Neil and I, I would say, because you're invited to watch the whole thing as a kind of performance and spectacle, whether it's the drummers, the omelettes from, inverted commas, ordinary people or the
	various warm-up exercises, the encouraging chants. In its own terms, it's a success. Like
	any political speech can be regarded as a success if a person comes out and says things
	that would be nice were they to happen or were they to be possible.
	If all that matters is promising everybody a pet unicorn, then yeah, it was terrific.
	Do you remember, like, you know, it's only recently that it's become clear that there's
	a full resumption of selling arms to Saudi Arabia. When Joe Biden was at a comparable
	moment in his own campaign, that was a pledge, there was a pledge that that would never happen,
	that Saudi Arabia would remain a pariah, because that was a pledge.
	That was the kind of thing that sounded nice at that time.
	And now what sounds nice are the set of sometimes contradictory platitudes that we've been offered there.
	Some of the things I guess we've got to follow up on is what does this mean about Ukraine-NATO?
	What does this mean of the likelihood of escalating tensions with Russia?
	What does it mean like many of the sort of allusions to tax cuts?
	And what about the realities of the shifting polarities in the world?
	What about the emergence of the BRICS nations?
	What about the North-South trade corridor?
	What about the demise of the petrol dollar?
	You know, you need to stir some reality into that otherwise vanilla custard of nothing.
	Yeah, the yielding of national sovereign power to global organisations, whether that's the WHO or the WF, there's so much has been obfuscated, but coming as it did in the midst of a festival of obfuscation, it kind of fitted in.
	But if empty, vacuous bollocks is your bag, then that was a cracker.
	She is interested in not just doing what the left or the right says you should be on, in terms of the ideological side.
	She did a workmanlike job of delivering it.
	I'll tell you so, in terms of delivery.
	Yeah, that's sort of well-focused, I reckon.
	Form and substance.
	people not just what does she believe but how does she think about the decisions that she makes.
	And of course it's always about a contrast right Jake? I mean this is her introduction as
	as you know well Abby to filling out the contours of who she is and what she's going to do.
	She treats Donald Trump as a threat. As a sitting president.
	As a threat to democracy.
	As the word freedom she uses over and over again. And other opponents whether it's been in his
	primaries or you know running against him in a general election have treated him a little bit
	more of a joke. And she has said she said in the speech that he's not a serious man but you have
	to take it seriously and that clearly is going to frame the next 70 plus days. The speech was infused
	That's true.
	Another of the, I thought, problems was the immediate following of calls for unity and a pledge to govern for everyone with further incendiary rhetoric and amplification of the events of January 6th and Donald Trump's participation and involvement in them.
	You've got to come to it with a lot of assumed knowledge.
	I saw in one moment she said, like, she sent an armed mob.
	to the Capitol. There was a lot of talk there in the chat from you guys about like armed,
	what do you mean by that? And mob and right there's so there's in a way I suppose we've all
	been pre-bunked so successfully if this is the type of media that you consume but I don't I don't
	suppose that anyone's going to watch that that's inclined towards a centrist authoritarian sugar
	coated form of government that's going to sort of startle them.
	This is what you would anticipate, it's what you would expect.
	What we were talking about earlier today, we were suggesting and talking about the opportunity to be statesman-like and it involves going further than, as you say, just continuing at every opportunity after promising unity to just shake the jar of ants again.
	Am I just hopelessly naive in thinking that there's a further step to be taken that actually begins to do the job that they talk about, which is creating unity, by acknowledging that half of the country is terribly upset and hurt by the way it has been portrayed and the way someone that they absolutely idolise in the form of Donald Trump is vilified and threatened with jail time?
	It doesn't seem to me to be a great leap of thinking.
	I would step across that and say, we're done with that.
	It doesn't help.
	We've had years of it now, of division.
	People could throw it back in your face, but then that's not your fault.
	You could offer it, you could say we have to get beyond this and we have to treat each other with respect.
	But at the first opportunity you're right back in basket of deplorables territory in the people that were at the Capitol building.
	Well, it will indeed be an interesting 70 days.
	Some of the things that we'll be looking at on tomorrow's show is the seeming likely cessation of Bobby Kennedy's campaign and a potential alliance with Donald Trump.
	We'll of course be looking at the media analysis and presumed celebration of that speech that
	we'll see in legacy media circles.
	And we'll also take a closer look at what this means when it comes to policy around
	NATO and Ukraine, what it means in terms of a reckoning around the peculiar events that
	surrounded Joe Biden up to this point.
	And we'll spend a little bit of time trying to understand how some of the things she alluded
	to when it comes to the complexity of the situation in the Middle East and the evident
	contradictory directly opposing challenges that have...
	Ha ha, Russell's dead last time.
	You better believe I'm tired, baby!
	I'm going to get eaten by this couch that I'm on with a Scotsman.
	Thank you guys so much for joining us.
	I feel that, you know, this sets up for a fantastic lead to November, I would say.
	Get ready for RFK to join Donald J Trump at his rally in Arizona.
	So there we go.
	Interesting prospect.
	We will be with you tomorrow at 11.89 PT 5 GMT.
	Until then, if you can, stay free.
	Thank you so much for joining me, Neil.
	It's been a pleasure.
	What an unexpected spectacle to have been a witness to.
	There was a point eerie, there was a point disturbing.
	I think we could just fetch us a couple of blankets, tinfoil ones if they're available.
	We'll use some for our hats that we usually wear and we'll settle ourselves down for a lovely sleep together and we'll begin again tomorrow.
	Thanks guys for joining us.
	See you tomorrow.
	Man, he's switching.

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