1 00:00:16,113 --> 00:00:18,073 INTERVIEWER: Okay, you're rolling? 2 00:00:19,273 --> 00:00:21,273 You, uh-- Obviously, you put a lot of thought 3 00:00:22,053 --> 00:00:24,192 into, uh, the decision to do this. 4 00:00:24,213 --> 00:00:27,192 Have you given thought to, when you're successful, 5 00:00:27,213 --> 00:00:29,172 what would you want people to say... 6 00:00:29,192 --> 00:00:31,053 -Yeah. -...about how America 7 00:00:31,073 --> 00:00:34,162 was different than the day you walked in the door? 8 00:00:34,183 --> 00:00:38,052 Well, I-- I don't think that we're going to solve 9 00:00:38,073 --> 00:00:41,202 all of our problems in eight years, 10 00:00:42,133 --> 00:00:43,262 uh, or ten years. 11 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:46,213 You know, one of the things about life, 12 00:00:46,232 --> 00:00:50,262 both for each of us and for the country as a whole, 13 00:00:51,043 --> 00:00:52,232 is that there're always going to be new challenges. 14 00:00:52,253 --> 00:00:54,243 There are always going to be new difficulties. 15 00:00:54,262 --> 00:00:58,253 But I hope that at the end of an Obama administration, 16 00:00:58,272 --> 00:01:04,083 people will look back and say "We changed our politics," uh, 17 00:01:04,103 --> 00:01:07,083 so that people could take pride in their government again 18 00:01:07,103 --> 00:01:10,193 and could feel that the government 19 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:14,053 was working for the people and not just for the few. 20 00:01:14,073 --> 00:01:17,163 That, at the end of an Obama administration, 21 00:01:17,183 --> 00:01:19,092 this country's a little more fair, 22 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:20,243 and a little more just. 23 00:01:20,262 --> 00:01:22,232 That our economy is a little more balanced 24 00:01:22,253 --> 00:01:27,073 and that people have a-- a slightly better chance 25 00:01:27,092 --> 00:01:29,073 of achieving the American dream. 26 00:01:29,092 --> 00:01:34,092 And if we set this country on the right trajectory now, 27 00:01:34,112 --> 00:01:38,052 then we-- we won't have solved every problem, 28 00:01:38,073 --> 00:01:40,112 but we will have laid the foundation 29 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:44,043 for future generations to continue 30 00:01:44,063 --> 00:01:46,243 what's been this great experiment in democracy. 31 00:01:47,272 --> 00:01:51,063 ♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 32 00:02:01,172 --> 00:02:03,112 BARACK OBAMA: So this is the Old State Capitol. 33 00:02:04,172 --> 00:02:06,163 REPORTER: One thing you can say with certainty 34 00:02:06,183 --> 00:02:09,093 about Barack Obama is that there has never been 35 00:02:09,112 --> 00:02:11,142 another presidential candidate like him. 36 00:02:11,163 --> 00:02:13,142 He is ambitious and just daring enough 37 00:02:13,163 --> 00:02:16,182 to invite comparisons to one of the few American presidents 38 00:02:16,202 --> 00:02:19,112 who was elected with even less political experience 39 00:02:19,133 --> 00:02:20,232 than he has. 40 00:02:20,253 --> 00:02:23,133 STEVE KROFT: Three years ago, you were a state legislator 41 00:02:23,153 --> 00:02:24,172 here in Springfield. 42 00:02:24,193 --> 00:02:26,073 What makes you think that you're qualified 43 00:02:26,093 --> 00:02:28,052 to be president of the United States? 44 00:02:28,073 --> 00:02:30,103 It-- You know, I think we're in a moment of history 45 00:02:30,122 --> 00:02:33,122 where... probably the most important thing 46 00:02:33,142 --> 00:02:35,153 we need to do is to bring the country together. 47 00:02:35,172 --> 00:02:36,262 -Nice to meet you. Hi. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 48 00:02:37,043 --> 00:02:40,043 OBAMA: And, one of the skills that I bring to bear 49 00:02:40,063 --> 00:02:42,232 is being able to pull together 50 00:02:42,253 --> 00:02:44,182 the different strands of American life 51 00:02:44,202 --> 00:02:47,112 and focus on what we have in common. 52 00:02:47,133 --> 00:02:48,153 Hi, how are you? 53 00:02:48,172 --> 00:02:51,172 -I'm Hillary Clinton... -(CROWD CHEERING) 54 00:02:51,193 --> 00:02:53,182 REPORTER 2: Senator Hillary Clinton has burst 55 00:02:53,202 --> 00:02:55,112 onto the campaign field. 56 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:58,103 I'm running for president, and I'm in it to win it 57 00:02:58,122 --> 00:02:59,232 -with your help! -(CROWD CHEERING) 58 00:02:59,253 --> 00:03:01,223 REPORTER 3: A recent CBS news poll shows 59 00:03:01,242 --> 00:03:04,123 that Black voters, who could provide the key 60 00:03:04,142 --> 00:03:06,212 to winning early Democratic primaries, 61 00:03:06,232 --> 00:03:08,103 are weary of Obama. 62 00:03:08,123 --> 00:03:12,093 How important is race in defining yourself? 63 00:03:12,112 --> 00:03:15,073 I am rooted in the African American community, 64 00:03:15,093 --> 00:03:17,213 -but I'm not defined by it. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 65 00:03:17,232 --> 00:03:20,182 OBAMA: I am comfortable in my racial identity, 66 00:03:20,202 --> 00:03:22,242 but, uh, that's not all I am. 67 00:03:22,262 --> 00:03:25,202 REPORTER 3: The stage is set for tomorrow's announcement. 68 00:03:25,223 --> 00:03:28,112 Senator Barack Obama will make it official. 69 00:03:28,133 --> 00:03:30,202 He is in this race for president. 70 00:03:30,223 --> 00:03:33,262 And while he has never positioned himself 71 00:03:34,043 --> 00:03:35,193 as "the Black candidate"... 72 00:03:35,213 --> 00:03:37,172 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -...the question of his race 73 00:03:37,193 --> 00:03:40,272 is, of course, and will continue to be much discussed 74 00:03:41,052 --> 00:03:43,213 and debated, especially among African Americans. 75 00:03:43,232 --> 00:03:45,232 -(CROWD CHEERING) -KROFT: You think the country is ready 76 00:03:45,253 --> 00:03:48,193 -for a Black president? -Yes. 77 00:03:48,213 --> 00:03:50,172 You don't think it's going to hold you back? 78 00:03:50,193 --> 00:03:53,063 Well-- No. You know, the-- 79 00:03:53,082 --> 00:03:57,142 I think i-- if I don't win this race, uh, 80 00:03:57,163 --> 00:04:00,262 it will be because of other factors. 81 00:04:01,043 --> 00:04:05,153 It's-- It's going to be because I have not shown 82 00:04:05,172 --> 00:04:06,182 to the American people 83 00:04:06,202 --> 00:04:08,142 a vision for where the country needs to go 84 00:04:08,163 --> 00:04:10,182 that, uh, that they can embrace. 85 00:04:15,142 --> 00:04:17,172 JEREMIAH WRIGHT: I was scheduled the next morning 86 00:04:17,192 --> 00:04:18,242 to be in Springfield. 87 00:04:18,263 --> 00:04:23,052 Due to the implication, Senator Obama called me. 88 00:04:24,263 --> 00:04:26,163 He called me three times that day. 89 00:04:26,182 --> 00:04:30,153 He was very worried about my prayer. (CHUCKLES) 90 00:04:31,223 --> 00:04:32,242 And I said, “Why?” 91 00:04:32,263 --> 00:04:35,172 He said, "You know, I go to Iowa the next day, 92 00:04:35,192 --> 00:04:37,112 don't say anything in your prayer 93 00:04:37,133 --> 00:04:39,153 that's gonna upset farmers." 94 00:04:39,172 --> 00:04:42,062 And I said, man, I'm the one talking about 95 00:04:42,083 --> 00:04:45,172 how you brought Southern Illinois together 96 00:04:45,192 --> 00:04:49,153 to stop distrusting and mistrusting Chicago. 97 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:51,252 I wouldn't do that in a prayer. 98 00:04:52,043 --> 00:04:56,093 He called back, "David's worried." Axelrod. 99 00:04:56,112 --> 00:04:59,072 "David's worried. Are you-- Are you sure?" 100 00:04:59,093 --> 00:05:00,143 I said, "I'm straight." 101 00:05:01,192 --> 00:05:05,062 The third call, he said, "Rev... 102 00:05:06,132 --> 00:05:09,112 Rolling Stone has got their hands 103 00:05:09,132 --> 00:05:10,223 on one of your sermons... 104 00:05:11,263 --> 00:05:15,062 and David feels that if I take you out 105 00:05:15,083 --> 00:05:16,273 on the stage with me 106 00:05:17,052 --> 00:05:19,093 to open up the ceremony with a prayer, 107 00:05:19,112 --> 00:05:21,242 the press will only focus on you. 108 00:05:21,263 --> 00:05:25,062 You know, you can be over the top sometimes." 109 00:05:25,083 --> 00:05:27,043 I said, "What are you talking about?" 110 00:05:27,062 --> 00:05:29,252 -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 111 00:05:29,273 --> 00:05:31,182 ...oppressions. 112 00:05:31,203 --> 00:05:34,072 JEREMIAH WRIGHT: I'm thinking, what have I done? 113 00:05:34,223 --> 00:05:35,232 What have I said? 114 00:05:35,252 --> 00:05:37,182 What sermon of mine have you heard 115 00:05:37,202 --> 00:05:39,062 that's over the top? 116 00:05:39,083 --> 00:05:42,043 Maybe we need to declare war on racism. 117 00:05:42,062 --> 00:05:43,242 -(CROWD CHEERING) -WRIGHT: He said, 118 00:05:43,263 --> 00:05:47,172 "I still want you to pray for me and my family. 119 00:05:48,133 --> 00:05:50,223 Can you do that before I go out?" 120 00:05:50,242 --> 00:05:52,172 I said, "Yes, I can do that." 121 00:05:53,213 --> 00:05:55,223 He said, "I'll see you in the morning." 122 00:05:55,242 --> 00:05:59,112 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 123 00:05:59,133 --> 00:06:00,223 WRIGHT: I landed in Springfield. 124 00:06:00,242 --> 00:06:05,153 There was a car waiting for me that took me to the Capitol. 125 00:06:05,172 --> 00:06:10,273 We joined hands in a circle, and I prayed for the family, 126 00:06:11,052 --> 00:06:12,062 I prayed for him, 127 00:06:12,083 --> 00:06:15,112 I prayed a non-partisan prayer... (CHUCKLES) 128 00:06:16,132 --> 00:06:20,192 ...and asked that the candidate... 129 00:06:21,252 --> 00:06:25,043 most dedicated to the principles of the founders 130 00:06:25,062 --> 00:06:26,083 would be elected, 131 00:06:26,103 --> 00:06:29,203 and that God would keep him and his family safe. 132 00:06:29,223 --> 00:06:34,043 Secret Service then took Barack out to the platform. 133 00:06:34,062 --> 00:06:36,242 I walked up with Michelle and stood next to her 134 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:38,103 as he announced. 135 00:06:38,122 --> 00:06:41,062 -(CROWD CHEERING) -It was here in Springfield, 136 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:44,223 where North, South, East and West come together, 137 00:06:44,242 --> 00:06:48,083 that I was reminded of the essential decency 138 00:06:48,103 --> 00:06:49,263 of the American people. 139 00:06:50,043 --> 00:06:52,172 Where I came to believe that through this decency, 140 00:06:52,192 --> 00:06:55,182 we can build a more hopeful America. 141 00:06:55,202 --> 00:07:00,163 And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, 142 00:07:00,182 --> 00:07:04,093 where Lincoln once called on a house divided 143 00:07:04,112 --> 00:07:05,242 to stand together, 144 00:07:05,263 --> 00:07:09,163 where common hopes and common dreams still live, 145 00:07:09,182 --> 00:07:12,093 I stand before you today to announce 146 00:07:12,112 --> 00:07:14,062 -my candidacy... -(CROWD CHEERING) 147 00:07:14,083 --> 00:07:18,153 ...for President of the United States of America. 148 00:07:23,163 --> 00:07:25,043 AL SHARPTON: When he made the announcement 149 00:07:25,062 --> 00:07:29,252 that day in Illinois, at the same time in Virginia 150 00:07:29,273 --> 00:07:32,083 there was a Black Agenda Conference. 151 00:07:32,103 --> 00:07:33,223 That I was there. 152 00:07:33,242 --> 00:07:35,273 SHARPTON: I wish, you know, all of this about, 153 00:07:36,052 --> 00:07:39,043 uh-- uh, our friend, Barack, announcing today, 154 00:07:39,062 --> 00:07:41,072 I wish Obama had announced here. 155 00:07:41,093 --> 00:07:42,252 -Because Lincoln-- -(CROWD CHEERING) 156 00:07:42,273 --> 00:07:45,252 Lincoln did not free us, 157 00:07:45,273 --> 00:07:49,103 the abolitionist movement freed us. 158 00:07:49,122 --> 00:07:52,093 And I was not yet there supporting him. 159 00:07:52,112 --> 00:07:55,072 We've got to quit giving the wrong people credit 160 00:07:55,093 --> 00:07:56,143 for our history. 161 00:07:56,163 --> 00:07:58,242 (CROWD CHEERING) 162 00:07:58,263 --> 00:08:01,043 MICHAEL ERIC DYSON: Black leaders were kind of resentful 163 00:08:01,062 --> 00:08:02,122 'cause he kind of did an inrun 164 00:08:02,143 --> 00:08:03,163 around Black leadership. 165 00:08:03,182 --> 00:08:06,182 Most Black people who rise in Black communities 166 00:08:06,203 --> 00:08:08,242 have to come through and kiss the ring 167 00:08:08,263 --> 00:08:11,242 of the Black political dignitaries and potentates. 168 00:08:11,263 --> 00:08:13,213 -Obama leap frogged over them. -(CROWD CHEERING) 169 00:08:13,232 --> 00:08:17,163 By ourselves, this change will not happen. 170 00:08:17,182 --> 00:08:20,163 Divided, we are bound to fail. 171 00:08:20,182 --> 00:08:25,112 But the life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer 172 00:08:25,132 --> 00:08:27,263 tells us that a different future is possible. 173 00:08:28,043 --> 00:08:29,273 (CROWD CHEERING) 174 00:08:30,052 --> 00:08:32,102 CORNEL WEST: He makes the announcement at Springfield, 175 00:08:32,123 --> 00:08:35,082 tied to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, 176 00:08:35,102 --> 00:08:37,222 which is a rich one. So, we-- we understood-- 177 00:08:37,243 --> 00:08:39,222 Okay, I mean, political calculation, 178 00:08:39,243 --> 00:08:42,182 every politician has to do that. 179 00:08:42,202 --> 00:08:46,082 And you don't want to alienate your white fellow citizens 180 00:08:46,102 --> 00:08:48,082 -coming out of the box. -(CROWD CHEERING) 181 00:08:48,102 --> 00:08:51,212 He tells us that there is power in words. 182 00:08:51,233 --> 00:08:54,172 He tells us that there's power in conviction. 183 00:08:54,192 --> 00:08:58,062 That beneath all the differences of race and region, 184 00:08:58,082 --> 00:09:00,202 faith and station we are one people. 185 00:09:00,222 --> 00:09:03,222 WEST: He's got large numbers of white brothers and sisters 186 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:05,263 who have fears and anxieties, 187 00:09:06,043 --> 00:09:08,143 and he's got to speak to them in such a way 188 00:09:08,163 --> 00:09:12,113 that he holds us at arm's length enough to say he loves us, 189 00:09:12,133 --> 00:09:15,052 but doesn't get too close to scare them off. 190 00:09:15,072 --> 00:09:17,192 -(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) -So, he's walking this tightrope. 191 00:09:17,212 --> 00:09:19,113 -(CROWD CHEERING) -I want us to take up 192 00:09:19,133 --> 00:09:22,113 the unfinished business of perfecting our union 193 00:09:22,133 --> 00:09:24,092 and building a better America! 194 00:09:24,113 --> 00:09:26,182 I'm not for or against him as a brother, 195 00:09:26,202 --> 00:09:29,082 if there's any white supremacist perception 196 00:09:29,102 --> 00:09:34,153 of Barack, I defend him. Why? ‘Cause I hate white supremacy. 197 00:09:34,172 --> 00:09:36,182 But he's gotta be accountable. 198 00:09:36,202 --> 00:09:38,253 And starting off in Springfield, Illinois, 199 00:09:38,273 --> 00:09:40,233 is not impressive to me. 200 00:09:40,253 --> 00:09:42,233 -(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) -Hey. 201 00:09:44,202 --> 00:09:46,192 He called me up. He said "Professor West, 202 00:09:46,212 --> 00:09:49,092 I-- I heard what you said about my speech, 203 00:09:49,113 --> 00:09:52,133 why did you say it?" I said, I said it because I believed it. 204 00:09:52,153 --> 00:09:53,233 (CROWD CHEERING) 205 00:09:53,253 --> 00:09:57,043 WEST: He said "I was wondering whether you would work with me?" 206 00:09:57,062 --> 00:09:58,202 I said, "I've got one question. 207 00:09:59,233 --> 00:10:01,182 What is your relation to the legacy 208 00:10:01,202 --> 00:10:04,102 -of Martin Luther King, Jr.?" -CROWD: Barack Obama! 209 00:10:04,123 --> 00:10:05,212 WEST: "And how will your campaign 210 00:10:05,233 --> 00:10:07,273 enact the struggle against poverty, 211 00:10:08,052 --> 00:10:10,072 militarism, racism, and materialism? 212 00:10:10,092 --> 00:10:13,113 Those are the evils that Martin Luther King, Jr. saw 213 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:14,233 right before he was murdered." 214 00:10:14,253 --> 00:10:18,052 I can still sing "We Shall Overcome!" 215 00:10:19,072 --> 00:10:20,233 We shall overcome because the arc 216 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,113 of the moral universe is long 217 00:10:22,133 --> 00:10:24,153 -but it bends towards justice. -...bends towards justice. 218 00:10:24,172 --> 00:10:26,163 -It bends towards justice. -(CROWD CHEERING) 219 00:10:26,182 --> 00:10:28,182 WEST: He was very honest with me and he said, 220 00:10:28,202 --> 00:10:31,212 "Professor West, you know that I'm-- I'm not as radical as you are, 221 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:34,052 but I do see myself directly connected 222 00:10:34,072 --> 00:10:36,062 to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr." 223 00:10:36,082 --> 00:10:37,273 I said, "That sounds wonderful to me." 224 00:10:38,052 --> 00:10:42,243 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 225 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:49,222 -Hillary! -(CROWD CHEERING) 226 00:10:49,243 --> 00:10:53,123 REPORTER: Forty-two years ago, it would have been unimaginable. 227 00:10:53,143 --> 00:10:55,202 Two Democratic presidential contenders, 228 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:58,263 one a woman, another an African American, 229 00:10:59,043 --> 00:11:01,143 courting Black voters in Alabama, 230 00:11:01,163 --> 00:11:03,222 preaching to overflowing churches. 231 00:11:03,243 --> 00:11:05,182 Are you ready to march? 232 00:11:05,202 --> 00:11:08,212 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 233 00:11:08,233 --> 00:11:09,243 DAVID REMNICK: Every year, 234 00:11:09,263 --> 00:11:13,092 there's a commemoration of Selma, 235 00:11:13,113 --> 00:11:16,222 a great encounter between the forces 236 00:11:16,243 --> 00:11:19,143 of the civil rights movement led by John Lewis and others... 237 00:11:19,163 --> 00:11:23,153 -(INDISTINCT CLAMOR) -...and police with truncheons. 238 00:11:24,072 --> 00:11:25,233 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 239 00:11:25,253 --> 00:11:29,233 REMNICK: And Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama 240 00:11:29,253 --> 00:11:32,043 want to make an impression in Selma. 241 00:11:32,062 --> 00:11:33,233 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 242 00:11:33,253 --> 00:11:36,123 REPORTER: Many black voters say they're torn 243 00:11:36,143 --> 00:11:39,072 between voting for the African American, Obama, 244 00:11:39,092 --> 00:11:41,092 -or sticking with the Clintons... -(CROWD CHEERING) 245 00:11:41,113 --> 00:11:44,092 ...who've supported civil rights for years. 246 00:11:44,113 --> 00:11:47,082 That's the agonizing choice for John Lewis, 247 00:11:47,102 --> 00:11:49,043 bludgeoned during the Selma March, 248 00:11:49,062 --> 00:11:50,202 and now a congressman. 249 00:11:50,222 --> 00:11:53,253 It was tough, it was very-- It was tough. 250 00:11:53,273 --> 00:11:57,113 I supported, uh, President Clinton 251 00:11:57,133 --> 00:11:59,212 and got to know Hillary. 252 00:11:59,233 --> 00:12:01,192 It was one of the tough decisions 253 00:12:01,212 --> 00:12:03,043 of my political life. 254 00:12:03,062 --> 00:12:05,082 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 255 00:12:05,102 --> 00:12:08,133 REMNICK: The Clintons felt that they had deep inroads 256 00:12:08,153 --> 00:12:10,233 with the African American community and with-- with reason. 257 00:12:10,253 --> 00:12:13,143 You'll remember in the-- in a certain New Yorker magazine, 258 00:12:13,163 --> 00:12:15,133 Toni Morrison wrote that Bill Clinton 259 00:12:15,153 --> 00:12:18,163 was the first Black president, said with some irony, 260 00:12:18,182 --> 00:12:22,163 said with all kinds of... But mostly with admiration too. 261 00:12:22,182 --> 00:12:24,143 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 262 00:12:24,163 --> 00:12:28,143 REMNICK: Obama gives his speech at Brown Church. 263 00:12:28,163 --> 00:12:30,182 And Hillary is down the street at another church. 264 00:12:30,202 --> 00:12:33,043 Yes, that long march to freedom 265 00:12:33,062 --> 00:12:36,263 that began here has carried us a mighty long way. 266 00:12:37,043 --> 00:12:38,143 It's-- It's a contest. 267 00:12:38,163 --> 00:12:41,222 -Thank you, thank you. -(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 268 00:12:41,243 --> 00:12:44,163 Oh, giving all praise and honor to God... 269 00:12:44,182 --> 00:12:47,273 -CROWD: Amen! -...for bringing us here today. 270 00:12:49,143 --> 00:12:54,092 I just want to talk a little bit about... Moses, 271 00:12:54,113 --> 00:12:55,243 and Aaron and Joshua... 272 00:12:58,043 --> 00:13:02,153 because we are in the presence today... 273 00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:05,072 -of a lot of Moseses. -ATTENDEE: A lot. 274 00:13:05,092 --> 00:13:08,233 Uh, we're in the presence today of giants... 275 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:11,233 whose shoulders we stand on. 276 00:13:11,253 --> 00:13:14,153 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 277 00:13:14,172 --> 00:13:15,212 REMNICK: He begins paying tribute 278 00:13:15,233 --> 00:13:18,113 to what he calls the "Moses generation." 279 00:13:19,043 --> 00:13:20,043 Who's Moses? 280 00:13:20,062 --> 00:13:22,133 Martin Luther King, who did not see-- 281 00:13:22,153 --> 00:13:23,163 Famously says it in his speech, 282 00:13:23,182 --> 00:13:24,263 "I might not get there with you." 283 00:13:25,043 --> 00:13:26,263 As great as Moses was... 284 00:13:29,082 --> 00:13:30,202 despite all that he did... 285 00:13:31,212 --> 00:13:34,043 leading a people out of bondage... 286 00:13:35,222 --> 00:13:39,253 he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. 287 00:13:40,212 --> 00:13:43,123 God told him, "Your job is done. 288 00:13:43,143 --> 00:13:45,243 We're going to leave it to the Joshua generation... 289 00:13:45,263 --> 00:13:48,123 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -...to make sure it happens. 290 00:13:48,143 --> 00:13:51,123 There are still some battles that need to be fought. 291 00:13:51,143 --> 00:13:54,043 Some rivers that need to be crossed." 292 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:57,092 Obama pronounces himself 293 00:13:57,113 --> 00:13:59,092 the head of the Joshua generation. 294 00:14:02,072 --> 00:14:06,172 S-- That's incredibly nervy. 295 00:14:06,192 --> 00:14:09,072 Moses told the Joshua generation, 296 00:14:09,092 --> 00:14:11,072 "Don't forget where you came from." 297 00:14:11,092 --> 00:14:12,192 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 298 00:14:12,212 --> 00:14:15,182 And I worry sometimes that the Joshua generation 299 00:14:15,202 --> 00:14:19,113 in its success forgets where it came from. 300 00:14:19,133 --> 00:14:20,153 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 301 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:23,043 Thinks it doesn't have to make as many sacrifices. 302 00:14:24,153 --> 00:14:26,092 SHERRILYN IFILL: You think people in the 1940s 303 00:14:26,113 --> 00:14:27,163 and 1950s woke up and said, 304 00:14:27,182 --> 00:14:29,253 "We are the civil rights generation, let's do this," 305 00:14:29,273 --> 00:14:32,062 as though it was, you know, fantastic? 306 00:14:32,082 --> 00:14:33,273 Our nostalgia has made us look back 307 00:14:34,052 --> 00:14:36,092 at that period of time as though it was great, 308 00:14:36,113 --> 00:14:38,113 but it was not great getting hit in the head 309 00:14:38,133 --> 00:14:40,052 on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. 310 00:14:40,072 --> 00:14:42,052 These weren't fun times. 311 00:14:42,072 --> 00:14:45,062 These were times of commitment, when people decided 312 00:14:45,082 --> 00:14:46,192 that they weren't gonna take it anymore 313 00:14:46,212 --> 00:14:48,202 and that they could make this country better. 314 00:14:48,222 --> 00:14:51,092 OBAMA: Folks complaining about the quality of our government, 315 00:14:51,113 --> 00:14:55,072 I understand there's something to be complaining about. 316 00:14:55,092 --> 00:14:58,052 -(CROWD CHUCKLING) -I'm in Washington. 317 00:14:59,072 --> 00:15:01,052 I see what's going on. 318 00:15:01,072 --> 00:15:03,092 It means we can't sit out elections. 319 00:15:03,113 --> 00:15:04,263 It means we can't just vote for people 320 00:15:05,043 --> 00:15:07,263 and then not show up to hold them accountable. 321 00:15:08,043 --> 00:15:09,153 It means we can't think that government 322 00:15:09,172 --> 00:15:12,182 -is something other people do. -But I'll tell you what. 323 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:16,153 I also know that, if cousin Pookie would vote... 324 00:15:16,172 --> 00:15:18,202 (CROWD CHEERING) 325 00:15:18,222 --> 00:15:22,212 ...and... if Uncle Jethro would get off the couch 326 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:25,082 -and stop watching SportsCenter... -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 327 00:15:25,102 --> 00:15:28,102 ...and go register some folks and go to the polls, 328 00:15:28,123 --> 00:15:31,072 we might have a different kind of politics. 329 00:15:31,092 --> 00:15:33,243 That's what the Moses generation teaches us. 330 00:15:35,113 --> 00:15:38,202 Kick off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. 331 00:15:38,222 --> 00:15:40,233 -(CROWD CHEERING) -Go do some politics. 332 00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:42,222 Change this country! 333 00:15:43,202 --> 00:15:45,153 That's what they teach. 334 00:15:45,172 --> 00:15:50,043 To me, that event is as much his declaration 335 00:15:50,062 --> 00:15:51,113 to run for president... 336 00:15:52,243 --> 00:15:55,222 as his announcement speech in Springfield... 337 00:15:57,092 --> 00:16:00,123 but it's made particular to the Black community. 338 00:16:00,143 --> 00:16:03,263 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 339 00:16:04,043 --> 00:16:06,092 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 340 00:16:06,113 --> 00:16:09,113 SPEAKER: You got my vote. You got my vote, man. 341 00:16:09,133 --> 00:16:11,212 SPEAKER: He got my vote. You got my vote. You got my vote. 342 00:16:11,233 --> 00:16:13,052 Hey, I appreciate that. 343 00:16:13,072 --> 00:16:16,133 I think that there is a assumption 344 00:16:16,153 --> 00:16:17,273 on the part of some commentators 345 00:16:18,052 --> 00:16:19,253 that somehow, the Black community 346 00:16:19,273 --> 00:16:22,062 i-- is so unsophisticated 347 00:16:22,082 --> 00:16:25,273 that the minute you put an African American face 348 00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:27,263 up on the screen, that they automatically say, 349 00:16:28,043 --> 00:16:29,043 "That's our guy." 350 00:16:29,062 --> 00:16:30,163 -I wanted to say hello. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 351 00:16:30,182 --> 00:16:33,273 OBAMA: A Black candidate has to earn Black votes 352 00:16:34,052 --> 00:16:35,233 the same way that he's gotta earn white votes. 353 00:16:35,253 --> 00:16:38,062 Uh, and-- and that's exactly how it should be. 354 00:16:38,082 --> 00:16:40,143 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 355 00:16:40,163 --> 00:16:43,222 People were asking me, "Who you gonna support?" 356 00:16:43,243 --> 00:16:46,062 And I said that, "Well, everybody 357 00:16:46,082 --> 00:16:48,082 that's my color is not my kind." 358 00:16:48,102 --> 00:16:50,133 I bring you the senator from Illinois, 359 00:16:50,153 --> 00:16:54,113 -Senator Barack Obama. -(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 360 00:16:54,133 --> 00:16:56,082 SHARPTON: He had always said to me, 361 00:16:56,102 --> 00:16:57,202 "I'm not asking you to support me, 362 00:16:57,222 --> 00:17:00,143 -just don't hurt me." -Thank you! 363 00:17:00,163 --> 00:17:03,243 There was concern. Is he going to represent us? 364 00:17:03,263 --> 00:17:06,122 Is he going to take our issues seriously. 365 00:17:06,142 --> 00:17:09,173 What does he know about us? Who-- We don't really know him. 366 00:17:09,193 --> 00:17:11,173 I am proud to be a candidate 367 00:17:11,193 --> 00:17:13,243 for the presidency of the United States of America. 368 00:17:13,263 --> 00:17:16,062 -(CROWD CHEERING) -DYSON: And Black people are practical, 369 00:17:16,082 --> 00:17:18,183 we're no longer interested in symbolic politics run 370 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:21,132 as a-- a reaction to white supremacy, 371 00:17:21,152 --> 00:17:24,173 run as, you know, a-- a candidate who will protest. 372 00:17:24,193 --> 00:17:27,203 No, we want real people who are able to really win. 373 00:17:27,223 --> 00:17:29,072 -(CROWD APPLAUDING) -I am mindful 374 00:17:29,092 --> 00:17:32,112 -that I wouldn't be here... -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 375 00:17:32,132 --> 00:17:35,152 ...if it had not been for Reverend Al Sharpton 376 00:17:35,173 --> 00:17:37,072 -running for president... -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 377 00:17:37,092 --> 00:17:39,183 ...and Carol Moseley Braun running for president, 378 00:17:39,203 --> 00:17:42,112 and Jesse Jackson running for president, 379 00:17:42,132 --> 00:17:45,173 and Shirley Chisolm running for president. 380 00:17:45,193 --> 00:17:49,112 My candidacy changes the present course 381 00:17:50,052 --> 00:17:51,092 of our nation. 382 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:54,273 I got involved as a protest, really. 383 00:17:55,052 --> 00:17:58,142 Resisting how liberals were taking us for granted 384 00:17:58,162 --> 00:18:01,072 and dismissing us and marginalizing us 385 00:18:01,092 --> 00:18:02,122 in the process. 386 00:18:03,072 --> 00:18:04,253 And so one thing led to another. 387 00:18:05,243 --> 00:18:08,043 I felt that we had the right to run 388 00:18:08,062 --> 00:18:10,233 and the reason to run and the capacity 389 00:18:10,253 --> 00:18:13,082 to take our case to the next level. 390 00:18:13,102 --> 00:18:15,122 -Who would have thought? -ATTENDEE: I would. 391 00:18:15,142 --> 00:18:17,062 DYSON: We love Jesse Jackson. 392 00:18:17,082 --> 00:18:19,243 In '88 he really, what? Got seven million votes? 393 00:18:19,263 --> 00:18:21,052 So that was tremendous. 394 00:18:21,072 --> 00:18:22,273 After 38 contests... 395 00:18:24,142 --> 00:18:25,243 I would be in front. 396 00:18:25,263 --> 00:18:27,152 That's more than symbolic, that was substance 397 00:18:27,173 --> 00:18:29,082 -but we need more of that. -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 398 00:18:29,102 --> 00:18:33,233 I sense all across America a desire for something new, 399 00:18:33,253 --> 00:18:35,273 -a desire to turn the page... -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 400 00:18:36,052 --> 00:18:37,253 ...a desire to write a new chapter 401 00:18:37,273 --> 00:18:39,043 in American history. 402 00:18:39,062 --> 00:18:41,142 And if I have all of you working with me, 403 00:18:41,162 --> 00:18:42,193 then I guarantee you 404 00:18:42,213 --> 00:18:44,273 that not only will we win this election, 405 00:18:45,052 --> 00:18:47,142 but we are also going to transform America. 406 00:18:47,162 --> 00:18:48,173 Thank you very much! 407 00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:50,072 I appreciate you guys, thank you! 408 00:18:50,092 --> 00:18:53,173 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 409 00:18:53,193 --> 00:18:56,132 SHARPTON: The more I talked to him, the more I felt 410 00:18:56,152 --> 00:18:59,162 that Barack Obama was authentic, 411 00:18:59,183 --> 00:19:05,253 because he wouldn't say to me what he knew I wanted to hear. 412 00:19:05,273 --> 00:19:09,082 But he said to me what I needed to hear. 413 00:19:09,102 --> 00:19:12,102 And that was, "I really do believe 414 00:19:12,122 --> 00:19:14,142 we can make the country go forward, 415 00:19:14,162 --> 00:19:17,152 and that our community can get what they want." 416 00:19:17,173 --> 00:19:20,062 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 417 00:19:20,082 --> 00:19:23,193 HOST: All right! We're ready, thank you. 418 00:19:23,213 --> 00:19:29,092 -How's it going, Cedar Rapids? -(CROWD CONTINUE CHEERING) 419 00:19:29,112 --> 00:19:32,082 Thank you! Thank you! 420 00:19:32,102 --> 00:19:33,183 VALERIE JARRETT: Early in the campaign, 421 00:19:33,203 --> 00:19:36,253 our strategy was all hands on deck in Iowa. 422 00:19:36,273 --> 00:19:39,243 And the theory of the case was that if we can win Iowa, 423 00:19:39,263 --> 00:19:41,132 then he would be credible. 424 00:19:41,152 --> 00:19:43,142 Not just to people in white America 425 00:19:43,162 --> 00:19:45,102 but also people in Black America, 426 00:19:45,122 --> 00:19:48,122 who were hesitant about his chances of winning. 427 00:19:49,052 --> 00:19:51,132 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 428 00:19:51,152 --> 00:19:53,112 -REPORTER: Is this fun to do? -I love doing this. 429 00:19:53,132 --> 00:19:55,152 This-- This is what politics is all about. 430 00:19:56,213 --> 00:19:57,203 Can I say hello? 431 00:19:57,223 --> 00:19:59,082 -SPEAKER: Yeah. -SPEAKER 2: You sure can! 432 00:19:59,102 --> 00:20:01,102 JARRETT: But that strategy came with a cost, 433 00:20:01,122 --> 00:20:04,142 and the cost was Black people feeling somewhat neglected. 434 00:20:04,162 --> 00:20:06,072 Now we came up with a magic solution, 435 00:20:06,092 --> 00:20:08,273 which was we asked Michelle to go to South Carolina. 436 00:20:12,043 --> 00:20:13,273 JELANI COBB: I don't think that any of us ever thought 437 00:20:14,052 --> 00:20:16,243 that we would see a Black president in our lives. 438 00:20:16,263 --> 00:20:19,193 I used to say that in 2007 439 00:20:19,213 --> 00:20:22,162 there were only four people in the United States 440 00:20:22,183 --> 00:20:24,043 who thought that it was possible 441 00:20:24,062 --> 00:20:25,253 for a Black man to be elected president, 442 00:20:25,273 --> 00:20:27,193 and they all lived at the same address 443 00:20:27,213 --> 00:20:29,092 on the South Side of Chicago. 444 00:20:29,112 --> 00:20:31,132 -Hi, how are you? -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 445 00:20:31,152 --> 00:20:33,152 -I'm Michelle Obama. -Yes, ma'am. 446 00:20:33,173 --> 00:20:35,062 Nice to see you. 447 00:20:35,082 --> 00:20:37,142 DYSON: Black people were very skeptical. 448 00:20:37,162 --> 00:20:40,253 Any Black man that rises, boy, it's gonna be tough, 449 00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,183 and white folk are gonna be pissed, 450 00:20:42,203 --> 00:20:46,243 and you gonna be vulnerable, and it might not work out. 451 00:20:46,263 --> 00:20:49,213 MICHELLE OBAMA: Now I know folks talk in the barbershops 452 00:20:49,233 --> 00:20:51,072 and beauty salons. 453 00:20:51,092 --> 00:20:53,162 I've heard it myself. See people say, you know, 454 00:20:53,183 --> 00:20:57,102 "That Barack Obama he's a nice guy, 455 00:20:57,122 --> 00:21:01,183 but I'm not sure America's ready for a Black president." 456 00:21:02,142 --> 00:21:04,102 She gave an extraordinary speech 457 00:21:04,122 --> 00:21:07,043 that really spoke to the feelings 458 00:21:07,062 --> 00:21:08,233 in the African American community, 459 00:21:08,253 --> 00:21:11,193 the feelings of fear. 460 00:21:11,213 --> 00:21:16,043 Of worrying, "Would he lose?" Worrying, "Would he be hurt?" 461 00:21:16,062 --> 00:21:19,273 I know that people understand that Barack is special. 462 00:21:20,052 --> 00:21:21,162 -(CROWD CHUCKLES) -You don't see 463 00:21:21,183 --> 00:21:23,082 this kind of man often. 464 00:21:23,102 --> 00:21:24,213 And I equate it to like, you know, 465 00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:25,273 we all have that aunt, 466 00:21:26,052 --> 00:21:29,082 that grandmother that bought all that new furniture? 467 00:21:29,102 --> 00:21:31,122 Spend her life savings on it, and then what she do? 468 00:21:31,142 --> 00:21:33,193 She puts plastic on it to protect it. 469 00:21:33,213 --> 00:21:36,122 (CROWD LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) 470 00:21:36,142 --> 00:21:37,193 JARRETT: Everyone in the audience, 471 00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:40,122 which was comprised of primarily African American women, 472 00:21:40,142 --> 00:21:42,233 all knew about their grandmother's couch. 473 00:21:42,253 --> 00:21:47,082 I think folks just want to... protect us... 474 00:21:48,082 --> 00:21:51,122 from the possibility of being let down. 475 00:21:51,142 --> 00:21:53,043 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 476 00:21:53,062 --> 00:21:56,162 Not by us, but by the world. 477 00:21:56,183 --> 00:22:00,203 She gave them permission by acknowledging their fear, 478 00:22:00,223 --> 00:22:03,162 but then said "Look, I have the most to lose." 479 00:22:03,183 --> 00:22:06,263 If you're willing to heed Coretta Scott King's words 480 00:22:07,043 --> 00:22:11,213 and not be afraid of the future, but have faith in God's grace, 481 00:22:11,233 --> 00:22:13,162 then I truly believe that together, 482 00:22:13,183 --> 00:22:17,173 there's no challenge that we can't overcome. 483 00:22:17,193 --> 00:22:22,052 -Thank you. -(CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 484 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:30,062 KROFT: There are African Americans 485 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:31,183 who don't think that you're Black enough, 486 00:22:31,203 --> 00:22:36,082 who don't think that you have had the required experience. 487 00:22:36,102 --> 00:22:37,213 The truth of the matter is, you know, 488 00:22:37,233 --> 00:22:39,243 when I'm walking down the South Side of Chicago 489 00:22:39,263 --> 00:22:42,162 and, uh, visiting my barbershop, and... 490 00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:49,062 playing basketball in, uh, in some of these neighborhoods, 491 00:22:49,082 --> 00:22:52,122 those aren't, uh, those aren't questions that I get asked. 492 00:22:59,092 --> 00:23:01,213 ZARIFF: I didn't know he was this or that. 493 00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:03,112 Normally when you come into a shop, 494 00:23:03,132 --> 00:23:07,102 into Hyde Park Hair Salon, you're just-- you're yourself. 495 00:23:07,122 --> 00:23:08,142 No titles. 496 00:23:09,263 --> 00:23:12,173 There were some reporters in the shop at one point 497 00:23:12,193 --> 00:23:16,082 during the campaign, and one of the reporters asked me, 498 00:23:16,102 --> 00:23:22,132 "Oh, do you cut his hair to appear like he's white?" 499 00:23:24,213 --> 00:23:26,052 I'm like, "Excuse me?" 500 00:23:27,082 --> 00:23:28,263 I said, "How do you do that?" 501 00:23:29,043 --> 00:23:32,122 That was my reply, but it stunned me. 502 00:23:32,142 --> 00:23:34,213 It was unnecessary. 503 00:23:34,233 --> 00:23:38,082 But it's necessary, I guess, for a lot of people. 504 00:23:38,102 --> 00:23:39,203 (CROWD CHEERING) 505 00:23:39,223 --> 00:23:42,043 REPORTER: Barack Obama has said that the big-city cab drivers 506 00:23:42,062 --> 00:23:43,223 who once refused to pick him up 507 00:23:43,243 --> 00:23:46,203 had no doubt about his Blackness back then, 508 00:23:46,223 --> 00:23:48,213 nor should anyone else now. 509 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:50,183 But recent polls show Hillary Clinton 510 00:23:50,203 --> 00:23:52,203 is the choice of more Black Democrats, 511 00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:55,152 and it's clear that Obama's racial identity 512 00:23:55,173 --> 00:23:57,162 gives pause to some. 513 00:23:57,183 --> 00:24:02,223 SHARPTON: He was loudly condemned by some. 514 00:24:02,243 --> 00:24:07,112 And in private even more loudly, "He wasn't Black enough. 515 00:24:07,132 --> 00:24:10,062 He didn't have the slave experience." 516 00:24:10,082 --> 00:24:12,253 -(CROWD CHEERING) -Thank you, Apollo! 517 00:24:12,273 --> 00:24:16,052 COBB: There's always been a kind of heterogeneous idea 518 00:24:16,072 --> 00:24:18,253 of like what it is to be Black in this country. 519 00:24:18,273 --> 00:24:23,223 And so, what was more important than his name 520 00:24:23,243 --> 00:24:29,132 or his lineage was his ability to culturally interact 521 00:24:29,152 --> 00:24:31,112 on terms with African Americans. 522 00:24:31,132 --> 00:24:32,263 (CROWD CHEERING) 523 00:24:33,043 --> 00:24:34,173 COBB: One of the things the campaign did 524 00:24:34,193 --> 00:24:37,213 in South Carolina was they released this DVD 525 00:24:37,233 --> 00:24:39,253 of him going around and talking to voters. 526 00:24:39,273 --> 00:24:42,122 -Retired Sergeant Major, sir. -Man, retired Sergeant Major. 527 00:24:42,142 --> 00:24:44,142 -He still looks like a Sergeant Major. -(CROWD LAUGHING) 528 00:24:44,162 --> 00:24:47,102 And there's one point where he goes into a barbershop 529 00:24:47,122 --> 00:24:51,052 and he starts, uh, cracking on this guy's shoes. 530 00:24:51,072 --> 00:24:53,062 -How you doing, President? -I'm doing good, man. 531 00:24:53,082 --> 00:24:54,072 (LAUGHS) 532 00:24:54,092 --> 00:24:55,173 And check out those shoes too. 533 00:24:55,193 --> 00:24:56,162 Check ‘em out. 534 00:24:56,183 --> 00:24:58,102 -Man. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER) 535 00:24:58,122 --> 00:25:00,102 You got some, you got some. What's that? 536 00:25:00,122 --> 00:25:02,162 -I dunno-- -You got some alligator? 537 00:25:02,183 --> 00:25:05,253 And that was just something 538 00:25:05,273 --> 00:25:08,142 that only a person who was comfortable 539 00:25:08,162 --> 00:25:10,062 -in this culture would do. -(CROWD CHEERING) 540 00:25:10,082 --> 00:25:11,213 -Are you fired up? -CROWD: Fired up! 541 00:25:11,233 --> 00:25:13,112 Are you ready to go? 542 00:25:13,132 --> 00:25:15,263 REPORTER: Of course there are whites who will never vote for Obama 543 00:25:16,043 --> 00:25:18,112 -because he is Black. -Let's go change the world. 544 00:25:18,132 --> 00:25:21,253 I don't want to sound prejudiced or anything, but for one, um, 545 00:25:21,273 --> 00:25:23,253 I'm not gonna... 546 00:25:23,273 --> 00:25:26,162 I don't want to vote for a-- a colored man 547 00:25:26,183 --> 00:25:30,092 -to be our president. -(BUS ENGINE REVVING) 548 00:25:30,112 --> 00:25:33,152 REPORTER: Barack Obama's bus rode through rural Iowa Monday, 549 00:25:33,173 --> 00:25:36,102 as he takes his message to small towns in the state. 550 00:25:36,122 --> 00:25:39,043 We'll show that we value farming in this country 551 00:25:39,062 --> 00:25:41,193 by launching a program that gives a hand 552 00:25:41,213 --> 00:25:43,162 to the next generation of farmers 553 00:25:43,183 --> 00:25:46,162 and helps them buy their first farms. 554 00:25:46,183 --> 00:25:48,072 REPORTER 2: It's an interesting move 555 00:25:48,092 --> 00:25:49,223 just two weeks before the caucus, 556 00:25:49,243 --> 00:25:53,152 because rural Iowa is certainly not Obama's base. 557 00:25:53,173 --> 00:25:56,112 The question is whether or not Obama can connect 558 00:25:56,132 --> 00:25:59,152 with the primarily-white rural voters here. 559 00:25:59,173 --> 00:26:01,213 VOTER: It's still my neighbors in small towns 560 00:26:01,233 --> 00:26:03,043 who don't have jobs. 561 00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:04,233 Uh, it's still people in my parish 562 00:26:04,253 --> 00:26:07,062 who are struggling with retirement incomes, 563 00:26:07,082 --> 00:26:09,223 and those are no different whether we live in Chicago 564 00:26:09,243 --> 00:26:12,043 or-- or in, uh, Laurens, Iowa. 565 00:26:16,043 --> 00:26:19,092 OBAMA: How many people here definitely plan 566 00:26:19,112 --> 00:26:21,223 to caucus tomorrow? Raise your hands. 567 00:26:21,243 --> 00:26:24,183 -(CROWD CHEERING) -That's what I'm talking about. 568 00:26:25,253 --> 00:26:27,223 DAVID AXELROD: The campaign picked up momentum 569 00:26:27,243 --> 00:26:29,273 over the course of the year in Iowa. 570 00:26:30,052 --> 00:26:33,152 We knew that if we didn't win the Iowa caucuses we were done. 571 00:26:33,173 --> 00:26:36,052 We had to-- We had to break through there. 572 00:26:36,072 --> 00:26:37,263 REPORTER: Tonight, the Democratic front runners 573 00:26:38,043 --> 00:26:40,162 are in a frantic drive to rally supporters 574 00:26:40,183 --> 00:26:41,253 and win over converts. 575 00:26:41,273 --> 00:26:44,102 REPORTER 2: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards 576 00:26:44,122 --> 00:26:46,102 have been virtually tied 577 00:26:46,122 --> 00:26:48,112 according to some of the late polling 578 00:26:48,132 --> 00:26:50,072 going on surrounding this race. 579 00:26:50,092 --> 00:26:52,263 REPORTER 3: And just so supporters know what's at stake... 580 00:26:53,043 --> 00:26:55,043 Tomorrow night, the future of the free world 581 00:26:55,062 --> 00:26:59,062 -is riding on your shoulders. -(CROWD LAUGHING) 582 00:26:59,082 --> 00:27:01,062 -Don't feel any pressure. -(CROWD LAUGHING) 583 00:27:01,082 --> 00:27:04,092 OFFICIAL: Thirty-one, 32, 33. Obama... 584 00:27:04,112 --> 00:27:08,072 COBB: I was living in Atlanta and there was a watch party. 585 00:27:08,092 --> 00:27:12,203 And I-- I don't think... very many people 586 00:27:12,223 --> 00:27:15,173 really, really thought that he was going to win Iowa. 587 00:27:16,193 --> 00:27:19,092 And then all of a sudden, he won Iowa. 588 00:27:19,112 --> 00:27:21,223 (CROWD CHEERING) 589 00:27:21,243 --> 00:27:25,203 OBAMA: They said this country was too divided, 590 00:27:25,223 --> 00:27:28,253 but on this January night, 591 00:27:28,273 --> 00:27:32,132 at this defining moment in history, 592 00:27:33,112 --> 00:27:35,233 you have done what the cynics said 593 00:27:35,253 --> 00:27:38,203 -we couldn't do. -(CROWD CHEERING) 594 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:40,122 COBB: I remember like, leaving, 595 00:27:40,142 --> 00:27:43,112 and there was a white guy wearing a t-shirt that said, 596 00:27:43,132 --> 00:27:45,122 "He's Black, I'm proud." 597 00:27:45,142 --> 00:27:48,082 And then right after that, I saw a t-shirt 598 00:27:48,102 --> 00:27:50,193 that had Martin Luther King 599 00:27:50,213 --> 00:27:54,092 and Barack Obama next to each other. 600 00:27:55,152 --> 00:27:58,043 And then I saw that t-shirt everywhere 601 00:27:58,062 --> 00:27:59,152 in the days that followed. 602 00:28:00,193 --> 00:28:02,082 DYSON: After he won in Iowa, 603 00:28:02,102 --> 00:28:04,102 Black people were like, "What's that? What's his name? 604 00:28:04,122 --> 00:28:05,213 Barack Oberman? What's his name? 605 00:28:05,233 --> 00:28:08,183 Yeah, let's we'll do-- Yeah, he's good! 606 00:28:08,203 --> 00:28:10,253 -He's like really good." -(CROWD CHEERING) 607 00:28:10,273 --> 00:28:13,213 DYSON: Hillary Clinton was darn near knighted 608 00:28:14,132 --> 00:28:16,092 as the heir apparent. 609 00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:20,082 It was her turn, she had waited as a woman in this country. 610 00:28:21,052 --> 00:28:22,253 But Obama swooped right in 611 00:28:22,273 --> 00:28:25,122 and figured out, now, it's kind of my time. 612 00:28:25,142 --> 00:28:26,173 CROWD: Obama! Obama! 613 00:28:26,193 --> 00:28:29,043 So he earned it, right, the old fashioned way. 614 00:28:29,062 --> 00:28:32,112 Shoe leather, meeting people, winning at the polls, 615 00:28:32,132 --> 00:28:34,193 and Black people were like, "This man could really win!" 616 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:38,233 -How's it going, New Hampshire? -(CROWD CHEERING) 617 00:28:38,253 --> 00:28:40,193 REPORTER: He rocketed out of Iowa 618 00:28:40,213 --> 00:28:41,213 and into New Hampshire 619 00:28:41,233 --> 00:28:43,132 and this morning woke up to a poll 620 00:28:43,152 --> 00:28:46,112 showing a comfortable lead here over Senator Clinton. 621 00:28:46,132 --> 00:28:48,072 -(CROWD CHEERING) -REPORTER 2: In his stump speech, 622 00:28:48,092 --> 00:28:51,273 he now says "we" instead of "I." The implication? 623 00:28:52,052 --> 00:28:55,243 What happened in Iowa was the start of a movement. 624 00:28:55,263 --> 00:28:59,062 REPORTER 3: Obama's victory has recast the Democratic race, 625 00:28:59,082 --> 00:29:02,122 creating new pressure on Senator Hillary Clinton. 626 00:29:02,142 --> 00:29:05,052 HILLARY CLINTON: I did very, very well with people over 45, 627 00:29:05,072 --> 00:29:07,142 and I didn't do as well with people under 30. 628 00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:10,052 And I take responsibility for that. 629 00:29:10,072 --> 00:29:11,122 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 630 00:29:11,142 --> 00:29:14,102 REPORTER 4: The Obama crowds are large and energized, 631 00:29:14,122 --> 00:29:16,122 they also tend to be young. 632 00:29:16,142 --> 00:29:17,183 OBAMA: That's why you're here, 633 00:29:17,203 --> 00:29:18,213 and in one day's time 634 00:29:18,233 --> 00:29:20,213 -we can stand up for change... -(CROWD CHEERING) 635 00:29:20,233 --> 00:29:22,162 ...that all of us can believe in. 636 00:29:22,183 --> 00:29:24,043 (CROWD CHEERING) 637 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:25,183 REPORTER 5: In another corner of the state, 638 00:29:25,203 --> 00:29:27,223 a different side of Hillary Clinton. 639 00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:32,043 You know, I have so many opportunities from this country. 640 00:29:32,062 --> 00:29:34,072 I just don't want to see us fall backwards. 641 00:29:35,072 --> 00:29:39,052 -No. So... -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 642 00:29:40,213 --> 00:29:45,062 (CROWD CHEERING) 643 00:29:49,072 --> 00:29:51,112 Thank you! (LAUGHS) 644 00:29:51,132 --> 00:29:52,233 OBAMA: Well, first of all, 645 00:29:52,253 --> 00:29:55,082 I want to congratulate Senator Clinton 646 00:29:55,102 --> 00:29:57,233 on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. 647 00:29:57,253 --> 00:29:59,092 She did an outstanding job, 648 00:29:59,112 --> 00:30:01,092 give her a big round of applause. 649 00:30:01,112 --> 00:30:02,193 (CROWD CHEERING) 650 00:30:02,213 --> 00:30:06,162 I want, especially, to thank New Hampshire. 651 00:30:06,183 --> 00:30:10,263 Over the last week, I listened to you. 652 00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:15,052 And in the process, I found my own voice. 653 00:30:15,072 --> 00:30:19,173 (CROWD CHEERING) 654 00:30:19,193 --> 00:30:21,223 REPORTER: New Hampshire voters have redefined the race 655 00:30:21,243 --> 00:30:22,253 for The White House, 656 00:30:22,273 --> 00:30:26,122 but what drove people to vote the way they did? 657 00:30:26,142 --> 00:30:29,072 Even Hillary Clinton's own tracking poll 658 00:30:29,092 --> 00:30:31,112 showed that she was going to lose big. 659 00:30:31,132 --> 00:30:34,193 Something happened in that last 48 hours 660 00:30:34,213 --> 00:30:36,092 that changed people's minds. 661 00:30:36,112 --> 00:30:38,253 Hillary Clinton retooled her campaign a little bit. 662 00:30:38,273 --> 00:30:40,102 Started getting out of the bubble, 663 00:30:40,122 --> 00:30:42,132 started actually talking to voters, 664 00:30:42,152 --> 00:30:44,062 answering all of their questions, 665 00:30:44,082 --> 00:30:47,082 had an emotional moment, humanized herself. 666 00:30:47,102 --> 00:30:49,152 Is it possible people lied to pollsters 667 00:30:49,173 --> 00:30:50,203 saying they were going to vote for 668 00:30:50,223 --> 00:30:52,102 for an African American candidate and then not? 669 00:30:52,122 --> 00:30:54,043 I've gotten a number of emails now from people 670 00:30:54,062 --> 00:30:55,243 in different campaigns, Democratic strategists, 671 00:30:55,263 --> 00:30:57,253 other people out there saying, "Well, could it be a race? 672 00:30:57,273 --> 00:30:59,223 Could it be a race? Could it be a race?" 673 00:30:59,243 --> 00:31:01,052 (AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING) 674 00:31:01,072 --> 00:31:02,253 REPORTER 2: We turn next to the campaign trail. 675 00:31:02,273 --> 00:31:05,102 The politics of race and possible trouble 676 00:31:05,122 --> 00:31:06,273 for the Clinton campaign. 677 00:31:07,052 --> 00:31:09,072 It involves comments Senator Clinton made 678 00:31:09,092 --> 00:31:10,122 about Martin Luther King, 679 00:31:10,142 --> 00:31:13,072 and something Bill Clinton said about Barack Obama. 680 00:31:13,092 --> 00:31:14,152 -(CROWD CHEERING) -This whole thing 681 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:16,173 is the biggest fairy-tale I've ever seen. 682 00:31:16,193 --> 00:31:18,173 REPORTER 3: Clinton said what he was describing 683 00:31:18,193 --> 00:31:21,072 as a fairytale was the media portrayal 684 00:31:21,092 --> 00:31:24,052 -of Obama's record on Iraq. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 685 00:31:24,072 --> 00:31:25,173 REPORTER 4: As the Democratic campaign 686 00:31:25,193 --> 00:31:28,173 moves forward, Hillary Clinton is backpedaling. 687 00:31:28,193 --> 00:31:30,142 So, the Obama campaign is deliberately 688 00:31:30,162 --> 00:31:32,152 -distorting this... -REPORTER 5: Today on Meet the Press, 689 00:31:32,173 --> 00:31:35,183 she sought to blame Barack Obama for the firestorm caused 690 00:31:35,203 --> 00:31:37,223 by a remark of hers in New Hampshire. 691 00:31:37,243 --> 00:31:41,162 Dr. King's dream, uh, began to be realized 692 00:31:41,183 --> 00:31:43,062 when President Lyndon Johnson passed 693 00:31:43,082 --> 00:31:46,062 the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 694 00:31:46,082 --> 00:31:48,102 REPORTER 5: She said she did not mean to belittle 695 00:31:48,122 --> 00:31:49,233 Dr. King's accomplishments, 696 00:31:49,253 --> 00:31:53,183 which is exactly how many African Americans took it. 697 00:31:53,203 --> 00:31:55,223 REPORTER 2: Sources in the Obama campaign say 698 00:31:55,243 --> 00:31:57,273 African American leaders are outraged 699 00:31:58,052 --> 00:32:01,273 and believe the Clinton campaign is using racial code words. 700 00:32:02,052 --> 00:32:05,112 REPORTER 6: His fairy-tale comment was all over talk radio, 701 00:32:05,132 --> 00:32:07,173 and there was an email being sent around 702 00:32:07,193 --> 00:32:10,162 with a detailed list of comments from the Clintons. 703 00:32:10,183 --> 00:32:12,112 -(CROWD CHEERING) -REPORTER 6: All this led 704 00:32:12,132 --> 00:32:14,193 experts to worry that this historic campaign 705 00:32:14,213 --> 00:32:17,112 between a woman and an African American man 706 00:32:17,132 --> 00:32:20,233 now threatens to divide Democrats along racial lines. 707 00:32:23,273 --> 00:32:26,102 TIM RUSSERT: In terms of accountability, Senator Obama, 708 00:32:26,122 --> 00:32:27,233 Senator Clinton on Sunday told me 709 00:32:27,253 --> 00:32:31,223 that the Obama campaign had been pushing this story line. 710 00:32:31,243 --> 00:32:33,273 And true enough, your Press Secretary 711 00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:36,072 in South Carolina, four pages 712 00:32:36,092 --> 00:32:39,072 of alleged comments made by the Clinton people 713 00:32:39,092 --> 00:32:41,043 about the issue of race. 714 00:32:41,062 --> 00:32:43,233 In hindsight, do you regret pushing this story? 715 00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:46,223 Well, not only in hindsight, but, uh, going forward. 716 00:32:46,243 --> 00:32:50,193 I think that our supporters, our staff get overzealous. 717 00:32:50,213 --> 00:32:55,112 Uh, they start saying things that I would not say. 718 00:32:55,132 --> 00:32:57,253 And it is my responsibility to make sure 719 00:32:57,273 --> 00:33:00,052 that we're setting a clear tone in our campaign. 720 00:33:00,072 --> 00:33:02,102 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 721 00:33:02,122 --> 00:33:04,223 AXELROD: South Carolina is the first southern primary. 722 00:33:04,243 --> 00:33:07,213 It was a crucial primary for both us 723 00:33:07,233 --> 00:33:09,072 and for Hillary Clinton. 724 00:33:10,152 --> 00:33:12,082 The majority of voters who participate 725 00:33:12,102 --> 00:33:14,183 in the Democratic primary there are African American... 726 00:33:14,203 --> 00:33:15,233 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 727 00:33:15,253 --> 00:33:19,203 ...but Barack needed white votes as well and wanted them 728 00:33:19,223 --> 00:33:22,213 because he didn't want to win on that basis. 729 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:28,062 I wanna be so persuasive that nobody leaves this room 730 00:33:28,082 --> 00:33:30,183 thinking they should vote for anybody else. 731 00:33:30,203 --> 00:33:32,152 (CROWD CHEERING) 732 00:33:32,173 --> 00:33:35,152 I want everybody here to vote for Barack. 733 00:33:36,082 --> 00:33:37,132 Everybody! 734 00:33:37,152 --> 00:33:39,122 REPORTER: Barack Obama hit the lunch crowd 735 00:33:39,142 --> 00:33:40,223 at a restaurant in Columbia, 736 00:33:40,243 --> 00:33:43,112 where he greeted n early every customer. 737 00:33:43,132 --> 00:33:44,173 Nearly all of them white. 738 00:33:44,193 --> 00:33:46,112 Of course, we can take a picture, what's your name? 739 00:33:46,132 --> 00:33:47,162 -Sean. -Sean. 740 00:33:47,183 --> 00:33:49,062 REPORTER: Polls show he's been losing support 741 00:33:49,082 --> 00:33:50,112 among white voters here, 742 00:33:50,132 --> 00:33:53,092 and spent much of the week trying to downplay race. 743 00:33:53,112 --> 00:33:55,082 He's blamed the media for hyping it, 744 00:33:55,102 --> 00:33:57,173 and encouraged voters to look past color. 745 00:33:57,193 --> 00:34:00,062 If I came to you and I had polka dots... 746 00:34:01,112 --> 00:34:03,233 -but-- but you were convinced... -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 747 00:34:03,253 --> 00:34:06,263 ...that I was gonna put more money into your pockets, 748 00:34:07,043 --> 00:34:09,273 and help you pay for college, 749 00:34:10,053 --> 00:34:13,242 and help keep America safe, you'd say, "Okay. 750 00:34:13,262 --> 00:34:16,213 You know, I-- I wish he didn't have polka dots, 751 00:34:16,233 --> 00:34:20,113 -but I'm still voting for him." -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 752 00:34:20,133 --> 00:34:22,113 COBB: Partly out of curiosity, 753 00:34:22,133 --> 00:34:24,273 and partly out of legitimate support, 754 00:34:25,053 --> 00:34:27,193 I decided that I was going to go to South Carolina. 755 00:34:29,043 --> 00:34:31,162 We are in this place, Denmark, South Carolina, 756 00:34:31,182 --> 00:34:34,062 on the Get Out the Vote operation. 757 00:34:34,082 --> 00:34:35,222 We walk up to this house, 758 00:34:35,242 --> 00:34:38,133 and this older white woman comes to the door 759 00:34:38,153 --> 00:34:40,173 and tells me not to come any closer. 760 00:34:40,193 --> 00:34:43,202 And I said, "Okay." And, you know, I stopped where I was 761 00:34:43,222 --> 00:34:47,173 and she said, "I already know the date and I know the time, 762 00:34:47,193 --> 00:34:50,173 I'm going to be right there to vote for Senator Obama." 763 00:34:52,062 --> 00:34:54,043 (CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING) 764 00:34:54,062 --> 00:34:56,093 REPORTER: All the signs have been positive. 765 00:34:56,113 --> 00:34:58,233 Encouraging polls, the big crowds, 766 00:34:58,253 --> 00:35:00,122 the confident campaign, 767 00:35:00,142 --> 00:35:03,162 but Obama has seen this before in New Hampshire. 768 00:35:03,182 --> 00:35:06,242 Who can you trust to be there for you in sunshine and storm? 769 00:35:06,262 --> 00:35:09,082 -CROWD: Hillary! -REPORTER 2: For her last big rally 770 00:35:09,102 --> 00:35:10,122 in South Carolina, 771 00:35:10,142 --> 00:35:13,222 Hillary Clinton called in her number one surrogate. 772 00:35:13,242 --> 00:35:15,173 REPORTER 3: The former president today sought 773 00:35:15,193 --> 00:35:17,113 to lower expectations 774 00:35:17,133 --> 00:35:20,162 suggesting Obama has the edge here because he's Black. 775 00:35:20,182 --> 00:35:24,082 Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice in '84 and '88. 776 00:35:24,273 --> 00:35:26,113 And he ran a good campaign, 777 00:35:26,133 --> 00:35:27,242 and Senator Obama's run a good campaign here, 778 00:35:27,262 --> 00:35:29,093 he's run a good campaign everywhere. 779 00:35:29,113 --> 00:35:31,202 He's got a good-- He's a good candidate 780 00:35:31,222 --> 00:35:32,273 with a good organization. 781 00:35:33,053 --> 00:35:37,102 When Bill Clinton came out at the South Carolina primary 782 00:35:37,122 --> 00:35:42,043 and, uh, tried to dismiss the significance-- Kind of, 783 00:35:42,062 --> 00:35:44,182 "Well, even Jesse Jackson won that." 784 00:35:45,093 --> 00:35:46,093 What are you saying? 785 00:35:46,113 --> 00:35:48,043 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -SHARPTON: Translation, 786 00:35:48,062 --> 00:35:49,053 even if he wins, 787 00:35:49,073 --> 00:35:51,273 Obama is just this year's Jesse Jackson. 788 00:35:54,102 --> 00:35:56,273 (CROWD CHEERING) 789 00:35:57,053 --> 00:36:01,133 CROWD: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! 790 00:36:01,153 --> 00:36:05,202 -Yes, we can! Yes, we can! -Thank you. Thank you! 791 00:36:05,222 --> 00:36:09,053 CROWD: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! 792 00:36:09,073 --> 00:36:11,133 -Yes, we can! Yes, we can! -Thank you, everybody. Thank you! 793 00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:15,133 OBAMA: You know, over two weeks ago, 794 00:36:15,153 --> 00:36:18,053 -we saw the people of Iowa... -CROWD: Whoo! 795 00:36:18,073 --> 00:36:22,043 ...proclaim that our time for change has come. 796 00:36:22,062 --> 00:36:26,133 (CROWD CHEERING) 797 00:36:26,153 --> 00:36:28,122 But there were those who doubted 798 00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:31,122 this country's desire for something new. 799 00:36:31,142 --> 00:36:35,273 Who said Iowa was a fluke not to be repeated again. 800 00:36:37,102 --> 00:36:39,062 Well, tonight, the cynics who believed 801 00:36:39,082 --> 00:36:43,213 that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion, 802 00:36:43,233 --> 00:36:45,202 were told a different story 803 00:36:45,222 --> 00:36:47,213 by the good people of South Carolina. 804 00:36:47,233 --> 00:36:52,202 (CROWD CHEERING) 805 00:36:54,043 --> 00:36:56,093 AXELROD: South Carolina was a beautiful night. 806 00:36:56,113 --> 00:36:58,253 He got about 30 percent of white votes in the state 807 00:36:58,273 --> 00:37:01,122 in addition to a majority of Black votes, 808 00:37:01,142 --> 00:37:03,262 and built the multi-racial coalition 809 00:37:04,043 --> 00:37:05,193 that we had hoped for. 810 00:37:05,213 --> 00:37:08,273 Completely outstripped everyone's expectations. 811 00:37:09,053 --> 00:37:10,113 (CROWD CHEERING) 812 00:37:10,133 --> 00:37:12,262 AXELROD: And in that hall the night when he spoke, 813 00:37:13,043 --> 00:37:15,202 there were people chanting race doesn't matter. 814 00:37:16,082 --> 00:37:18,233 (CROWD CHANTING) 815 00:37:24,162 --> 00:37:26,113 AXELROD: Now that was premature. 816 00:37:26,133 --> 00:37:28,242 That was more of a hope than a reality, 817 00:37:28,262 --> 00:37:31,162 but this was a big moment in the campaign, 818 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:33,222 and I think a big moment for the country. 819 00:37:33,242 --> 00:37:36,242 I did not travel around this state over the last year 820 00:37:36,262 --> 00:37:42,113 and see a white South Carolina or a Black South Carolina. 821 00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:45,093 -I saw South Carolina. -(CROWD CHEERING) 822 00:37:45,113 --> 00:37:49,113 This is not, though they are enormously important, 823 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:52,102 Jesse Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, 824 00:37:52,122 --> 00:37:54,202 stalwarts of the Civil Rights movement. 825 00:37:54,222 --> 00:37:58,202 But those who were perceived to be, necessarily so, as people 826 00:37:58,222 --> 00:38:03,073 who could channel Black anger, to express Black grievance, 827 00:38:03,093 --> 00:38:05,093 to realize Black progress. 828 00:38:05,113 --> 00:38:07,273 With Barack Obama, there's a different moment here. 829 00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:10,173 -(CROWD CHEERING) -I saw what America is, 830 00:38:10,193 --> 00:38:13,193 and I believe in what this country can be. 831 00:38:13,213 --> 00:38:18,182 That is the country I see. That is the country you see, 832 00:38:18,202 --> 00:38:20,133 but now it is up to us 833 00:38:20,153 --> 00:38:24,062 to help the entire nation embrace this vision. 834 00:38:24,082 --> 00:38:25,233 (CROWD CHEERING) 835 00:38:25,253 --> 00:38:29,043 DYSON: He really resonated in a more transcendent way. 836 00:38:29,062 --> 00:38:32,173 In a way that was informed by a broader sweep 837 00:38:32,193 --> 00:38:34,193 of the American possibility, 838 00:38:34,213 --> 00:38:37,122 because his own life was the product of that. 839 00:38:37,142 --> 00:38:41,062 He gave an interracial pedigree to hopefulness. 840 00:38:41,082 --> 00:38:44,082 (AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING) 841 00:38:44,102 --> 00:38:48,233 I know what America can achieve, I've seen it! 842 00:38:48,253 --> 00:38:49,253 I've lived it! 843 00:38:49,273 --> 00:38:54,082 And with Barack Obama we can do it again! 844 00:38:54,102 --> 00:39:00,062 (CROWD CHEERING) 845 00:39:00,082 --> 00:39:01,242 AXELROD: The Kennedy endorsement 846 00:39:01,262 --> 00:39:04,233 was incredibly important for Obama. 847 00:39:04,253 --> 00:39:09,102 Not because Kennedy would bring large numbers of votes... 848 00:39:09,122 --> 00:39:13,182 but because Kennedy was an establishment figure 849 00:39:13,202 --> 00:39:17,073 and his willingness to lay hands on Obama 850 00:39:17,093 --> 00:39:19,153 and say he's ready to be president 851 00:39:19,173 --> 00:39:22,233 really spoke to concerns that people had about that. 852 00:39:22,253 --> 00:39:25,093 ANNOUNCER: The next president of the United States, 853 00:39:25,113 --> 00:39:26,253 -Hillary Clinton! -(CROWD CHEERING) 854 00:39:26,273 --> 00:39:29,173 REPORTER: The endorsement is a huge blow to Hillary Clinton, 855 00:39:29,193 --> 00:39:31,202 a longtime friend and colleague of Ted Kennedy. 856 00:39:31,222 --> 00:39:33,173 REPORTER 2: The senior senator from Massachusetts 857 00:39:33,193 --> 00:39:35,122 repeatedly scolded Bill Clinton 858 00:39:35,142 --> 00:39:37,182 for his divisive tactics in South Carolina. 859 00:39:37,202 --> 00:39:40,113 -(CROWD APPLAUDING) -REPORTER 3: For Bill Clinton, who has always 860 00:39:40,133 --> 00:39:43,113 cast himself as President Kennedy's political heir, 861 00:39:43,133 --> 00:39:46,153 today's endorsement is a slap in the face. 862 00:39:46,173 --> 00:39:49,173 We need to nominate somebody with the experience, 863 00:39:49,193 --> 00:39:51,273 and the fortitude, and the know-how 864 00:39:52,053 --> 00:39:53,222 to take whatever they send our way 865 00:39:53,242 --> 00:39:55,173 -and send it right back. -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 866 00:39:55,193 --> 00:39:58,253 REPORTER 4: As of tonight, our latest CBS News Democratic delegate count 867 00:39:58,273 --> 00:40:01,262 shows Obama leading Clinton by 97. 868 00:40:02,043 --> 00:40:04,182 So the battle goes on, and with ten straight wins 869 00:40:04,202 --> 00:40:07,133 -momentum is on Obama's side. -(CROWD CHEERING) 870 00:40:07,153 --> 00:40:09,222 This is our moment! 871 00:40:09,242 --> 00:40:11,273 This is our time! 872 00:40:12,053 --> 00:40:14,222 REPORTER 5: And another blow today to the Clinton campaign. 873 00:40:14,242 --> 00:40:18,162 She's lost 11 straight primaries and caucuses to Barack Obama 874 00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:21,253 and now Clinton has lost a very important supporter. 875 00:40:21,273 --> 00:40:24,242 Congressman John Lewis of Georgia switched sides today. 876 00:40:24,262 --> 00:40:28,162 -He is now backing Obama. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 877 00:40:28,182 --> 00:40:31,222 He represented something new. 878 00:40:31,242 --> 00:40:35,242 He represented a real sense of hope and optimism. 879 00:40:35,262 --> 00:40:37,202 (CROWD CHEERING) 880 00:40:37,222 --> 00:40:42,053 JOHN LEWIS: It was daring, just daring. 881 00:40:42,073 --> 00:40:45,133 DYSON: It became uncomfortable for Black people to explain, 882 00:40:45,153 --> 00:40:48,113 as political leaders, why they weren't with Obama. 883 00:40:48,133 --> 00:40:54,162 So, it's not that they swayed the people to support Obama. 884 00:40:54,182 --> 00:40:57,053 Obama's love among the people 885 00:40:57,073 --> 00:40:59,093 swayed the leaders to come along. 886 00:40:59,113 --> 00:41:01,173 CROWD: Obama! 887 00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:05,162 SHARPTON: I felt that it was my responsibility 888 00:41:05,182 --> 00:41:07,082 to be true to the cause. 889 00:41:07,102 --> 00:41:09,062 What really was going to help the cause? 890 00:41:09,082 --> 00:41:11,173 Putting a guy like this in The White House, 891 00:41:11,193 --> 00:41:14,222 if we could help do that and not get in the way. 892 00:41:14,242 --> 00:41:16,093 Or playing to the-- 893 00:41:16,113 --> 00:41:19,053 what, uh, my pastors call the "cheap seats" 894 00:41:19,073 --> 00:41:22,102 of just rah-rah-rah, and we end up with nothing. 895 00:41:22,122 --> 00:41:24,142 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Thanks for being here. Thank you. 896 00:41:24,162 --> 00:41:25,193 Thank you very much. 897 00:41:25,213 --> 00:41:27,122 REPORTER: Now moving on to the Republicans, 898 00:41:27,142 --> 00:41:30,122 John McCain clinched the nomination last night. 899 00:41:30,142 --> 00:41:32,242 And today, he went over to The White House. 900 00:41:32,262 --> 00:41:36,202 Last night, both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton called 901 00:41:36,222 --> 00:41:38,062 to congratulate me. 902 00:41:38,082 --> 00:41:40,242 I pledged at that time and I pledge again, 903 00:41:40,262 --> 00:41:42,213 a respectful campaign. 904 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:45,182 A respectful campaign based on the issues 905 00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:47,222 and based on the stark differences 906 00:41:47,242 --> 00:41:50,162 and vision that we have for the future of America. 907 00:41:50,182 --> 00:41:52,102 -(CROWD CHEERING) -How's it going Mississippi? 908 00:41:52,122 --> 00:41:54,043 REPORTER 2: In another win for Barack Obama 909 00:41:54,062 --> 00:41:55,093 last night in Mississippi, 910 00:41:55,113 --> 00:41:58,062 he regained a significant lead over Hillary Clinton 911 00:41:58,082 --> 00:41:59,202 in the pledge delegate count. 912 00:41:59,222 --> 00:42:01,173 But the talk of the Democratic race today 913 00:42:01,193 --> 00:42:03,202 was once again about race, 914 00:42:03,222 --> 00:42:06,062 and prominent Democrat Geraldine Ferraro's assertion 915 00:42:06,082 --> 00:42:09,153 that Obama wouldn't have gotten this far if he was not Black. 916 00:42:09,173 --> 00:42:10,273 GERALDINE FERRARO: 917 00:42:17,202 --> 00:42:19,133 HILLARY: I rejected what she said, 918 00:42:19,153 --> 00:42:21,102 and I certainly do repudiate it. 919 00:42:21,122 --> 00:42:25,273 And, uh, regret deeply that, uh, you know, it was said. 920 00:42:26,053 --> 00:42:28,113 I-- This-- This is politics, uh, 921 00:42:28,133 --> 00:42:29,222 and, you know, part of the problem 922 00:42:29,242 --> 00:42:32,273 that we have right now is that, uh, we have too much at stake 923 00:42:33,053 --> 00:42:35,093 to be engaged in these politics. 924 00:42:43,102 --> 00:42:48,122 You know, uh, campaigns are really long oral exams 925 00:42:48,142 --> 00:42:51,253 and character tests for the presidency. 926 00:42:53,122 --> 00:42:57,213 Ours really came on a day in March of 2008. 927 00:43:00,222 --> 00:43:04,093 I served Trinity church for 36 years. 928 00:43:04,113 --> 00:43:06,113 I had never taken a sabbatical. 929 00:43:08,062 --> 00:43:10,082 So, I told the congregation, 930 00:43:10,102 --> 00:43:13,153 Don't call, don't text, don't email, 931 00:43:13,173 --> 00:43:15,222 I'm going on sabbatical. 932 00:43:15,242 --> 00:43:18,173 First thing we're gonna do is go on a family vacation. 933 00:43:19,202 --> 00:43:21,162 We're going on a cruise. 934 00:43:26,102 --> 00:43:27,273 REPORTER: We want to turn now to an in-depth look 935 00:43:28,053 --> 00:43:30,062 at a very important figure in Democratic frontrunner, 936 00:43:30,082 --> 00:43:31,113 Barack Obama's life. 937 00:43:31,133 --> 00:43:34,173 His long-time pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. 938 00:43:34,193 --> 00:43:35,273 Reverend Wright has made a number 939 00:43:36,053 --> 00:43:38,122 of controversial statements over the years. 940 00:43:38,142 --> 00:43:40,122 Now that Obama is a national figure, 941 00:43:40,142 --> 00:43:41,142 the question is, 942 00:43:41,162 --> 00:43:43,173 could the Reverend become a liability? 943 00:43:44,222 --> 00:43:46,193 COBB: The media had been taking a hit, 944 00:43:46,213 --> 00:43:49,162 saying that they were going too soft on Barack Obama 945 00:43:49,182 --> 00:43:51,162 and that they were having you know this, basically, 946 00:43:51,182 --> 00:43:54,082 love fest, and that he hadn't gotten, uh, 947 00:43:54,102 --> 00:43:55,162 the kind of critical coverage 948 00:43:55,182 --> 00:43:57,142 that a presidential candidate needs. 949 00:43:57,162 --> 00:43:59,233 And so they go to Jeremiah Wright. 950 00:43:59,253 --> 00:44:02,073 -(CROWD CHEERING) -The angels in Heaven were singing, 951 00:44:02,093 --> 00:44:05,182 God never fails! 952 00:44:05,202 --> 00:44:09,053 ABC had all these tapes of Jeremiah Wright's sermons, 953 00:44:09,073 --> 00:44:11,213 and there were millions of them and it kind of wasn't a priority. 954 00:44:11,233 --> 00:44:14,082 They had a lot to do during the campaign. 955 00:44:14,102 --> 00:44:16,082 ♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 956 00:44:16,102 --> 00:44:19,122 REMNICK: Most of them are long and irrelevant to anything. 957 00:44:19,142 --> 00:44:20,262 WRIGHT: Bless the Lord. Oh, my soul. 958 00:44:21,043 --> 00:44:22,193 ♪ (HYMN PLAYING) ♪ 959 00:44:22,213 --> 00:44:25,202 And then they stumble upon a couple of these sermons 960 00:44:25,222 --> 00:44:27,093 that seemed incendiary. 961 00:44:27,113 --> 00:44:29,162 The government gives them the drugs, 962 00:44:29,182 --> 00:44:32,222 builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law, 963 00:44:32,242 --> 00:44:35,273 and then wants us to sing "God Bless America"? 964 00:44:36,053 --> 00:44:39,113 No, no, no, not God Bless America, 965 00:44:39,133 --> 00:44:40,253 God Damn America! 966 00:44:40,273 --> 00:44:44,122 That's in the bible, for killing innocent people. 967 00:44:44,142 --> 00:44:46,093 -(CROWD CHEERING) -God Damn America. 968 00:44:46,113 --> 00:44:49,142 They took clips and wove them together 969 00:44:49,162 --> 00:44:52,113 into, you know, the most incendiary things he had said 970 00:44:52,133 --> 00:44:55,222 over a 30-year career in like two minutes. 971 00:44:55,242 --> 00:44:58,043 Uh, but it had the desired effect. 972 00:44:58,062 --> 00:45:00,102 We have supported state terrorism 973 00:45:00,122 --> 00:45:02,253 against the Palestinians and Black South Africans, 974 00:45:02,273 --> 00:45:05,153 -and now we are indignant! -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 975 00:45:05,173 --> 00:45:07,222 Because the stuff we have done overseas 976 00:45:07,242 --> 00:45:13,142 is now brought right back into our own front yards! 977 00:45:13,162 --> 00:45:16,162 They were deeply critical of American foreign policy 978 00:45:16,182 --> 00:45:18,082 and in a language... 979 00:45:19,173 --> 00:45:23,133 that was, uh, way more inflammatory 980 00:45:23,153 --> 00:45:28,093 than most of America White America, could stomach. 981 00:45:29,222 --> 00:45:31,273 And Obama had found a home in this church. 982 00:45:32,233 --> 00:45:37,182 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 983 00:45:37,202 --> 00:45:41,202 WRIGHT: Cruise ships only broadcast certain stations. 984 00:45:43,043 --> 00:45:45,142 They had Fox News on the boat... 985 00:45:46,233 --> 00:45:49,162 and were playing a-- a clip... 986 00:45:50,193 --> 00:45:52,073 from a sermon I preached... 987 00:45:53,062 --> 00:45:55,162 the Sunday after 9/11/01. 988 00:45:58,193 --> 00:45:59,262 I say, "What?" 989 00:46:01,193 --> 00:46:03,073 So, we started changing the channel. 990 00:46:03,093 --> 00:46:05,113 It was on all of the channels. 991 00:46:05,133 --> 00:46:08,093 I want to show you a clip from Barack Obama's pastor, 992 00:46:08,113 --> 00:46:09,182 it's getting a lot of play right now. 993 00:46:09,202 --> 00:46:13,043 We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki! 994 00:46:13,062 --> 00:46:15,073 What you're about to hear is inflammatory to some, 995 00:46:15,093 --> 00:46:17,162 to others, harsh as it sounds, it's the truth. 996 00:46:17,182 --> 00:46:20,182 And we nuked far more than the thousands in New York 997 00:46:20,202 --> 00:46:23,253 and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye. 998 00:46:23,273 --> 00:46:26,233 Obviously, his remarks are incendiary. 999 00:46:26,253 --> 00:46:30,113 It comes at a particularly bad time. 1000 00:46:30,133 --> 00:46:31,233 AXELROD: Obama was in the Senate the day 1001 00:46:31,253 --> 00:46:35,043 this "greatest hits of Reverend Wright" surfaced. 1002 00:46:35,062 --> 00:46:36,142 He was voting all day. 1003 00:46:36,162 --> 00:46:39,242 I don't think he had a sense of how much it had captured 1004 00:46:39,262 --> 00:46:41,173 the imagination of the media. 1005 00:46:41,193 --> 00:46:43,173 -(CROWD CHEERING) -God damn America. 1006 00:46:43,193 --> 00:46:45,122 REPORTER: We tried to reach Reverend Wright 1007 00:46:45,142 --> 00:46:46,182 to get his reaction now 1008 00:46:46,202 --> 00:46:49,233 to the fallout from his fire and brimstone sermon, 1009 00:46:49,253 --> 00:46:53,193 but we're told he's on vacation and not available. 1010 00:46:53,213 --> 00:46:56,113 On a cruise ship they sit you at one table 1011 00:46:57,053 --> 00:46:58,193 where you sit every meal. 1012 00:46:58,213 --> 00:47:02,062 The white families at the table next to ours 1013 00:47:02,082 --> 00:47:04,153 had requested to be moved. 1014 00:47:04,173 --> 00:47:09,043 They don't want to sit next to an "anti-American racist." 1015 00:47:09,173 --> 00:47:10,162 A what? 1016 00:47:10,182 --> 00:47:12,142 And they will not only attack you 1017 00:47:12,162 --> 00:47:14,233 if you try to point out what's going on 1018 00:47:14,253 --> 00:47:17,053 in white America, US of KKK A. 1019 00:47:17,073 --> 00:47:19,062 This is going to scare the hell out of white people, 1020 00:47:19,082 --> 00:47:21,113 -and you know that that's true. -No, it's designed 1021 00:47:21,133 --> 00:47:22,222 to attempt to scare. 1022 00:47:22,242 --> 00:47:25,142 Martin Luther King Jr.'s last sermon was gonna be 1023 00:47:25,162 --> 00:47:28,102 "Why America may go to hell." 1024 00:47:28,122 --> 00:47:30,053 It was not "America should go to hell." 1025 00:47:30,073 --> 00:47:32,213 It didn't-- It was not "America ought to go to hell." 1026 00:47:32,233 --> 00:47:33,262 It may go to hell 1027 00:47:34,043 --> 00:47:36,082 because if you don't come to terms with racism, 1028 00:47:36,102 --> 00:47:39,093 poverty, militarism, materialism, 1029 00:47:39,113 --> 00:47:41,222 those evils are gonna suck all the good stuff 1030 00:47:41,242 --> 00:47:43,102 out of your democracy. 1031 00:47:43,122 --> 00:47:45,043 That's in part what Jeremiah Wright 1032 00:47:45,062 --> 00:47:46,122 was talking about. 1033 00:47:46,142 --> 00:47:48,082 Barack knows what it means 1034 00:47:48,102 --> 00:47:50,242 to be a Black man living in a country 1035 00:47:50,262 --> 00:47:56,073 and a culture that is controlled by rich, white people. 1036 00:47:56,093 --> 00:47:58,113 Hillary can never know that. 1037 00:47:58,133 --> 00:48:02,062 Hillary ain't never been called a (BLEEP). 1038 00:48:05,273 --> 00:48:09,173 That became for us the cruise from hell. 1039 00:48:12,262 --> 00:48:15,202 I stayed in the cabin most of the time 1040 00:48:15,222 --> 00:48:20,213 so that the nasty remarks, name calling... 1041 00:48:20,233 --> 00:48:24,062 would not be something my family had to be exposed to. 1042 00:48:24,082 --> 00:48:26,253 But they heard that, my grandkids were hearing this. 1043 00:48:29,122 --> 00:48:31,142 Breaking news at this hour, after a day of headlines 1044 00:48:31,162 --> 00:48:34,062 about the controversial remarks by Pastor Jeremiah Wright 1045 00:48:34,082 --> 00:48:36,073 of the Trinity United Church of Christ, 1046 00:48:36,093 --> 00:48:38,173 Pastor Wright is quote "no longer 1047 00:48:38,193 --> 00:48:41,122 on the Obama presidential campaign committee." 1048 00:48:42,262 --> 00:48:46,173 WRIGHT: I was a chairperson of his religious advisory team. 1049 00:48:48,062 --> 00:48:51,273 I saw myself... get dismissed 1050 00:48:52,053 --> 00:48:54,202 from that position on television. 1051 00:48:54,222 --> 00:48:57,162 Your campaign saying this afternoon it had no plans 1052 00:48:57,182 --> 00:48:58,262 to ask Reverend Wright to step down. 1053 00:48:59,043 --> 00:49:00,142 Obviously, that has changed. 1054 00:49:00,162 --> 00:49:03,062 Did he step down tonight or did you ask him to leave? 1055 00:49:03,082 --> 00:49:05,073 You know, I-- I think there was a recognition 1056 00:49:05,093 --> 00:49:07,173 that, uh, he's on the verge of retirement, 1057 00:49:07,193 --> 00:49:12,233 he's taking a sabbatical, uh, and that it was important, uh, 1058 00:49:12,253 --> 00:49:16,133 for him to step out of the spotlight 1059 00:49:16,153 --> 00:49:18,133 in this situation. 1060 00:49:18,153 --> 00:49:21,043 Unfortunately, as an American politician, 1061 00:49:21,062 --> 00:49:24,173 you can't get too close to that kind of prophetic fire 1062 00:49:24,193 --> 00:49:26,062 or you get burned. 1063 00:49:26,082 --> 00:49:28,173 So, I can understand Barack, in some sense, 1064 00:49:28,193 --> 00:49:31,113 wanting to get a distance as a politician. 1065 00:49:31,133 --> 00:49:35,122 I-- These particular statements that have been gathered, 1066 00:49:35,142 --> 00:49:37,253 uh, are ones that I strongly objected to 1067 00:49:37,273 --> 00:49:41,162 strongly condemned. I-- Had I heard them in church, 1068 00:49:41,182 --> 00:49:43,253 I would have expressed that concern 1069 00:49:43,273 --> 00:49:45,142 directly, uh, to Reverend Wright. 1070 00:49:45,162 --> 00:49:49,102 So, I didn't become familiar with these until, uh, recently. 1071 00:49:49,122 --> 00:49:50,213 But on a personal level 1072 00:49:50,233 --> 00:49:55,043 and on a very deep, uh, truthful level, 1073 00:49:55,062 --> 00:49:56,273 you had to try to teach people 1074 00:49:57,053 --> 00:50:01,213 that there are voices in our society that are radical... 1075 00:50:02,182 --> 00:50:05,073 that are not up for elections. 1076 00:50:08,043 --> 00:50:10,133 AXELROD: He called me that night and said, 1077 00:50:10,153 --> 00:50:11,202 "I want to make a speech. 1078 00:50:11,222 --> 00:50:14,113 I want to make a speech about race, and I want to put 1079 00:50:14,133 --> 00:50:17,113 this Reverend Wright issue in context." 1080 00:50:17,133 --> 00:50:19,273 And we said, "Okay." And he said, 1081 00:50:20,053 --> 00:50:21,222 "And I want to do it no later than Tuesday." 1082 00:50:21,242 --> 00:50:23,062 This was Friday. 1083 00:50:26,273 --> 00:50:28,222 JARRETT: He felt that he owed the American people 1084 00:50:28,242 --> 00:50:30,093 an explanation 1085 00:50:30,113 --> 00:50:32,202 and that they had to hear it directly 1086 00:50:32,222 --> 00:50:34,053 and honestly from him. 1087 00:50:36,142 --> 00:50:38,173 SHARPTON: A very painful thing for Obama 1088 00:50:38,193 --> 00:50:41,142 was dealing with his pastor, very painful. 1089 00:50:41,162 --> 00:50:43,073 And it was very painful to the community 1090 00:50:43,093 --> 00:50:44,182 because people were angry 1091 00:50:44,202 --> 00:50:47,062 because they were trying to act like he threw his pastor 1092 00:50:47,082 --> 00:50:48,102 in front of the bus. 1093 00:50:51,162 --> 00:50:53,242 AXELROD: We set up this speech for the Constitution Center 1094 00:50:53,262 --> 00:50:55,193 in Philadelphia 1095 00:50:55,213 --> 00:50:58,082 on the theory that if you're gonna go down, 1096 00:50:58,102 --> 00:50:59,202 go down on a big stage. 1097 00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:03,102 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1098 00:51:04,133 --> 00:51:08,073 AXELROD: The anxiety in the room was palpable. 1099 00:51:08,093 --> 00:51:10,062 And he turned to me and said, "You know, 1100 00:51:10,082 --> 00:51:11,262 I'm gonna go out there and give this speech..." 1101 00:51:12,043 --> 00:51:14,093 (CROWD CHEERING) 1102 00:51:14,113 --> 00:51:16,222 "...and people will either accept it or they won't." 1103 00:51:16,242 --> 00:51:19,173 Thank you. Thank you. 1104 00:51:19,193 --> 00:51:23,053 -AXELROD: "And if they don't..." -Thank you. Thank you. 1105 00:51:23,073 --> 00:51:24,173 "...then I just won't be president, 1106 00:51:24,193 --> 00:51:26,242 but at least I'll have said what I think needs to be said." 1107 00:51:26,262 --> 00:51:28,193 He said, "That's worth something." 1108 00:51:29,273 --> 00:51:34,242 We the people, in order to form a more perfect union... 1109 00:51:36,222 --> 00:51:39,122 221 years ago... 1110 00:51:39,142 --> 00:51:42,173 in a hall that still stands across the street, 1111 00:51:42,193 --> 00:51:45,102 a group of men gathered and with these simple words 1112 00:51:45,122 --> 00:51:49,202 launched America's improbable experiment in democracy. 1113 00:51:51,133 --> 00:51:55,102 The document they produced was eventually signed, 1114 00:51:55,122 --> 00:51:58,082 but ultimately unfinished. 1115 00:51:58,102 --> 00:52:02,133 It was stained by this nation's original sin of slavery. 1116 00:52:03,202 --> 00:52:08,233 I chose to run for president at this moment in history 1117 00:52:08,253 --> 00:52:10,213 because I believe deeply 1118 00:52:10,233 --> 00:52:13,202 that we cannot solve the challenges of our time 1119 00:52:13,222 --> 00:52:15,153 unless we solve them together. 1120 00:52:16,093 --> 00:52:18,113 Unless we perfect our union. 1121 00:52:21,242 --> 00:52:23,202 ELIZABETH ALEXANDER: I think what was extraordinary 1122 00:52:23,222 --> 00:52:26,242 about Obama's so-called race speech 1123 00:52:26,262 --> 00:52:30,043 is the fact that it happened at all. 1124 00:52:31,082 --> 00:52:32,133 There was no precedent. 1125 00:52:32,153 --> 00:52:35,233 I mean, yes, Black people had run for president before, 1126 00:52:35,253 --> 00:52:38,082 but at this stage in the game, 1127 00:52:38,102 --> 00:52:41,073 there wasn't a clearly marked road that said, 1128 00:52:41,093 --> 00:52:44,133 this is how this kind of Black person deals 1129 00:52:44,153 --> 00:52:46,193 with people trying to disparage him 1130 00:52:46,213 --> 00:52:49,193 and take him down in the name of race. 1131 00:52:49,213 --> 00:52:52,073 Throughout the first year of this campaign, 1132 00:52:52,093 --> 00:52:55,253 against all predictions to the contrary... 1133 00:52:56,273 --> 00:52:59,102 we saw how hungry the American people were 1134 00:52:59,122 --> 00:53:01,182 for this message of unity. 1135 00:53:01,202 --> 00:53:04,142 Despite the temptation to view my candidacy 1136 00:53:04,162 --> 00:53:07,062 through a purely racial lens, 1137 00:53:07,082 --> 00:53:09,053 we won commanding victories in states 1138 00:53:09,073 --> 00:53:10,162 with some of the whitest populations 1139 00:53:10,182 --> 00:53:12,073 in the country. 1140 00:53:12,093 --> 00:53:15,273 Obama was forced to give a speech on race, 1141 00:53:16,213 --> 00:53:17,273 he was forced to. 1142 00:53:18,273 --> 00:53:20,173 He was in trouble. 1143 00:53:20,193 --> 00:53:21,273 This is not to say that race 1144 00:53:22,053 --> 00:53:25,122 has not been an issue in this campaign. 1145 00:53:25,142 --> 00:53:29,113 And yet, it's only been in the last couple of weeks 1146 00:53:29,133 --> 00:53:31,182 that the discussion of race in this campaign 1147 00:53:31,202 --> 00:53:34,193 has taken a particularly divisive turn. 1148 00:53:36,122 --> 00:53:40,073 COBB: Smaller things had ended presidential candidacies. 1149 00:53:40,093 --> 00:53:43,073 Howard Dean just yelled off key 1150 00:53:43,093 --> 00:53:45,273 and that was it, you know, his presidency is done. 1151 00:53:46,053 --> 00:53:49,182 I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, 1152 00:53:49,202 --> 00:53:51,113 the statements of Reverend Wright 1153 00:53:51,133 --> 00:53:53,253 that have caused such controversy, 1154 00:53:53,273 --> 00:53:55,153 and in some cases pain. 1155 00:53:56,213 --> 00:54:00,122 But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. 1156 00:54:01,113 --> 00:54:03,233 The man I met more than 20 years ago 1157 00:54:03,253 --> 00:54:07,142 is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith 1158 00:54:07,162 --> 00:54:10,113 and who, over 30 years, has led a church 1159 00:54:10,133 --> 00:54:11,133 that serves the community 1160 00:54:11,153 --> 00:54:13,262 by doing God's work here on earth. 1161 00:54:14,053 --> 00:54:18,133 The church contains, in full, the kindness and cruelty, 1162 00:54:18,153 --> 00:54:22,182 the fierce intelligence, and the shocking ignorance, 1163 00:54:22,202 --> 00:54:26,182 the struggles and successes, the love 1164 00:54:26,202 --> 00:54:29,102 and, yes, the bitterness and biases 1165 00:54:29,122 --> 00:54:32,122 that make up the Black experience in America. 1166 00:54:33,213 --> 00:54:35,242 I can no more disown him 1167 00:54:35,262 --> 00:54:38,102 than I can disown the Black community. 1168 00:54:39,122 --> 00:54:40,202 I can no more disown him 1169 00:54:40,222 --> 00:54:43,133 than I can disown my white grandmother. 1170 00:54:44,133 --> 00:54:46,113 A woman who helped raise me, 1171 00:54:46,133 --> 00:54:49,242 a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, 1172 00:54:49,262 --> 00:54:51,043 a woman who loves me 1173 00:54:51,062 --> 00:54:54,053 as much as she loves anything in this world, 1174 00:54:54,073 --> 00:54:57,213 but a woman who once confessed her fear of Black men 1175 00:54:57,233 --> 00:55:00,142 who passed her by on the street. 1176 00:55:00,162 --> 00:55:01,262 And who, on more than one occasion, 1177 00:55:02,043 --> 00:55:04,242 has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes 1178 00:55:04,262 --> 00:55:06,133 that made me cringe. 1179 00:55:08,113 --> 00:55:10,113 These people are part of me. 1180 00:55:11,182 --> 00:55:16,122 And they are a part of America, this country that I love. 1181 00:55:16,142 --> 00:55:20,102 As opposed to just cutting Jeremiah Wright off immediately, 1182 00:55:20,122 --> 00:55:22,073 uh, or even kind of saying 1183 00:55:22,093 --> 00:55:24,082 "It's not possible for me to win," 1184 00:55:24,102 --> 00:55:26,113 he does exactly what a professor 1185 00:55:26,133 --> 00:55:28,273 or a teacher would do in that circumstance, 1186 00:55:29,053 --> 00:55:31,082 which is step into the middle of it 1187 00:55:31,102 --> 00:55:33,122 and look at it, panoramically, 1188 00:55:33,142 --> 00:55:35,193 and then try to understand it for what it is. 1189 00:55:35,213 --> 00:55:39,262 Under other circumstances, we would call that a class. 1190 00:55:40,043 --> 00:55:42,162 In Barack Obama's circumstance, 1191 00:55:42,182 --> 00:55:44,273 this is a public address or speech. 1192 00:55:46,162 --> 00:55:49,213 The fact is that the comments that have been made 1193 00:55:49,233 --> 00:55:51,073 and the issues that have surfaced 1194 00:55:51,093 --> 00:55:52,142 over the last few weeks 1195 00:55:52,162 --> 00:55:54,273 reflect the complexities of race in this country 1196 00:55:55,053 --> 00:55:57,133 that we've never really worked through. 1197 00:55:57,153 --> 00:56:03,043 A part of our union that we have not yet made perfect. 1198 00:56:03,062 --> 00:56:04,202 We do not need to recite here 1199 00:56:04,222 --> 00:56:07,142 the history of racial injustice in this country, 1200 00:56:07,162 --> 00:56:09,142 but we do need to remind ourselves 1201 00:56:09,162 --> 00:56:12,222 that so many of the disparities that exist 1202 00:56:12,242 --> 00:56:14,182 between the African American community 1203 00:56:14,202 --> 00:56:16,213 and the larger American community today 1204 00:56:16,233 --> 00:56:20,082 can be traced directly to inequalities 1205 00:56:20,102 --> 00:56:22,153 passed on from an earlier generation 1206 00:56:22,173 --> 00:56:25,073 that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery 1207 00:56:25,093 --> 00:56:26,102 and Jim Crow. 1208 00:56:27,073 --> 00:56:30,233 The anger is real. It is powerful. 1209 00:56:30,253 --> 00:56:33,062 And to simply wish it away, 1210 00:56:33,082 --> 00:56:36,153 to condemn it without understanding its roots, 1211 00:56:36,173 --> 00:56:39,153 only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding 1212 00:56:39,173 --> 00:56:41,073 that exists between the races. 1213 00:56:43,162 --> 00:56:45,262 In fact, a similar anger exists 1214 00:56:46,043 --> 00:56:48,193 within segments of the white community. 1215 00:56:49,273 --> 00:56:52,093 Most working and middle-class white Americans 1216 00:56:52,113 --> 00:56:55,062 don't feel that they've been particularly privileged 1217 00:56:55,082 --> 00:56:56,213 by their race. 1218 00:56:56,233 --> 00:56:59,242 Their experience is the immigrant experience. 1219 00:56:59,262 --> 00:57:03,182 As far as they're concerned, no one handed them anything. 1220 00:57:03,202 --> 00:57:06,082 They built it from scratch. 1221 00:57:06,102 --> 00:57:09,113 So, when they are told to bus their children 1222 00:57:09,133 --> 00:57:10,133 to a school across town, 1223 00:57:10,153 --> 00:57:12,162 when they hear an African American 1224 00:57:12,182 --> 00:57:15,082 is getting an advantage in landing a good job 1225 00:57:15,102 --> 00:57:17,062 or a spot in a good college 1226 00:57:17,082 --> 00:57:20,133 because of an injustice that they themselves never committed, 1227 00:57:20,153 --> 00:57:22,133 when they're told that their fears 1228 00:57:22,153 --> 00:57:23,202 about crime in urban neighborhoods 1229 00:57:23,222 --> 00:57:28,153 are somehow prejudiced, resentment builds over time. 1230 00:57:28,173 --> 00:57:31,122 Now I believe in staying in contact with the humanity 1231 00:57:31,142 --> 00:57:33,253 of my precious white brothers and sisters, 1232 00:57:33,273 --> 00:57:35,102 but they need to understand 1233 00:57:35,122 --> 00:57:37,102 that in a white supremacist civilization, 1234 00:57:37,122 --> 00:57:38,193 you've been the beneficiary 1235 00:57:38,213 --> 00:57:41,182 of unbelievable privilege and entitlement, 1236 00:57:41,202 --> 00:57:43,133 that you have a right to justice, 1237 00:57:43,153 --> 00:57:45,093 you have a right to fairness, 1238 00:57:45,113 --> 00:57:48,233 but your resentment will never have the same weight, 1239 00:57:48,253 --> 00:57:51,242 morally and spiritually, as a Black rage 1240 00:57:51,262 --> 00:57:55,082 who had to come to terms with foremothers and forefathers 1241 00:57:55,102 --> 00:57:58,193 raped and violated and exploited and lynched. 1242 00:57:58,213 --> 00:58:01,222 And when he presented that equivalent, 1243 00:58:01,242 --> 00:58:04,202 it made me upset. I said, "You're not telling the truth!" 1244 00:58:04,222 --> 00:58:08,082 To wish away the resentments of white Americans, 1245 00:58:08,102 --> 00:58:10,213 to label them as misguided or even racist, 1246 00:58:10,233 --> 00:58:12,202 without recognizing they are grounded 1247 00:58:12,222 --> 00:58:17,142 in legitimate concerns, this too widens the racial divide 1248 00:58:17,162 --> 00:58:19,262 and blocks the path to understanding. 1249 00:58:21,062 --> 00:58:25,222 It was the attempt, the desire, 1250 00:58:25,242 --> 00:58:27,233 to create a language of embrace. 1251 00:58:29,153 --> 00:58:30,182 And his critics will say 1252 00:58:30,202 --> 00:58:33,233 that's, uh, a language that, um, ignores reality. 1253 00:58:35,082 --> 00:58:37,122 That it's too idealistic. 1254 00:58:38,142 --> 00:58:40,053 But that's him. 1255 00:58:40,073 --> 00:58:42,222 The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons 1256 00:58:42,242 --> 00:58:47,093 is not that he spoke about racism in our society, 1257 00:58:47,113 --> 00:58:50,222 it's that he spoke as if our society was static, 1258 00:58:50,242 --> 00:58:54,102 as if no progress had been made, as if this country, 1259 00:58:54,122 --> 00:58:56,133 a country that has made it possible 1260 00:58:56,153 --> 00:58:57,153 for one of his own members 1261 00:58:57,173 --> 00:58:59,202 to run for the highest office in the land 1262 00:58:59,222 --> 00:59:00,253 and build a coalition 1263 00:59:00,273 --> 00:59:02,173 -of white and Black... -(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) 1264 00:59:02,193 --> 00:59:06,262 ...Latino, Asian, rich, poor, young and old, 1265 00:59:07,043 --> 00:59:11,093 is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past. 1266 00:59:11,253 --> 00:59:15,113 (CROWD APPLAUDING) 1267 00:59:22,253 --> 00:59:24,193 WRIGHT: The Senator came to my home to ask me 1268 00:59:24,213 --> 00:59:28,182 to stop preaching until after the election. 1269 00:59:28,202 --> 00:59:32,153 I've been preaching this way for 50 years... 1270 00:59:33,242 --> 00:59:37,043 regardless of who's running for what office. 1271 00:59:37,062 --> 00:59:42,122 Carol Moseley Braun, Harold Washington, Barack Obama. 1272 00:59:42,142 --> 00:59:46,222 That doesn't change or affect or alter the gospel in any way. 1273 00:59:48,142 --> 00:59:50,122 He then paid me one of the highest compliments 1274 00:59:50,142 --> 00:59:52,182 I've ever had paid to me. 1275 00:59:52,202 --> 00:59:56,073 He said to me, "You know what your problem is?" 1276 00:59:56,093 --> 00:59:57,202 I said, "What's my problem?" 1277 01:00:00,102 --> 01:00:03,113 "As a preacher, you have to speak the truth." 1278 01:00:05,193 --> 01:00:07,213 I said, "That's a good problem to have." 1279 01:00:09,242 --> 01:00:15,053 ♪ (SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1280 01:00:18,173 --> 01:00:21,202 INTERVIEWER: Do you consider yourself a Black man 1281 01:00:21,222 --> 01:00:25,093 -or an American first? -An American, absolutely. 1282 01:00:26,142 --> 01:00:27,153 Is there a difference 1283 01:00:27,173 --> 01:00:31,173 between Black patriotism and white patriotism? 1284 01:00:31,193 --> 01:00:32,273 No, I don't think so. 1285 01:00:33,053 --> 01:00:37,102 I mean, what... what I think is that 1286 01:00:37,122 --> 01:00:39,102 the African American community... 1287 01:00:40,222 --> 01:00:42,253 is much more familiar 1288 01:00:42,273 --> 01:00:45,162 with some of the darker aspects 1289 01:00:45,182 --> 01:00:48,173 of American life and American history. 1290 01:00:48,193 --> 01:00:51,053 I think that they understand America much less 1291 01:00:51,073 --> 01:00:54,113 -as a marching band playing... -(CROWD CHEERING) 1292 01:00:55,053 --> 01:00:56,142 ...John Philip Sousa, 1293 01:00:56,162 --> 01:00:58,153 and they understand America much more 1294 01:00:58,173 --> 01:01:03,053 as a jazz composition with blue notes. 1295 01:01:03,073 --> 01:01:05,262 And-- And I think those are different things. 1296 01:01:06,043 --> 01:01:08,173 And so, the African American community 1297 01:01:08,193 --> 01:01:13,182 can express great rage and anger about this country 1298 01:01:13,202 --> 01:01:15,153 and love it all the same. 1299 01:01:19,173 --> 01:01:22,273 (CROWD CHEERING) 1300 01:01:38,193 --> 01:01:40,062 OBAMA: Tonight, Minnesota... 1301 01:01:40,253 --> 01:01:41,273 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1302 01:01:42,053 --> 01:01:45,233 ...after 54 hard-fought contests... 1303 01:01:45,253 --> 01:01:47,173 CROWD: We love you, Obama! 1304 01:01:47,193 --> 01:01:51,073 ...our primary season has finally come to an end. 1305 01:01:51,093 --> 01:01:55,153 (CROWD CHEERING) 1306 01:01:58,053 --> 01:02:02,273 Because you chose to listen not to your doubts 1307 01:02:03,053 --> 01:02:04,202 or your fears, 1308 01:02:04,222 --> 01:02:08,273 but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations. 1309 01:02:09,053 --> 01:02:13,153 Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey 1310 01:02:13,173 --> 01:02:15,062 with the beginning of another. 1311 01:02:15,082 --> 01:02:17,162 -(CROWD CHEERING) -A journey... 1312 01:02:20,082 --> 01:02:23,213 a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. 1313 01:02:24,202 --> 01:02:26,182 Because of you, 1314 01:02:26,202 --> 01:02:29,102 tonight I can stand here and say 1315 01:02:29,122 --> 01:02:32,062 that I will be the Democratic nominee 1316 01:02:32,082 --> 01:02:34,233 for the president of the United States of America. 1317 01:02:34,253 --> 01:02:37,233 (CROWD CHEERING) 1318 01:02:37,253 --> 01:02:40,213 BRIAN WILLIAMS: He is 46 years old and his life has been 1319 01:02:40,233 --> 01:02:43,062 an extraordinary American journey. 1320 01:02:43,082 --> 01:02:45,162 Last night he made history by becoming 1321 01:02:45,182 --> 01:02:48,202 the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party. 1322 01:02:48,222 --> 01:02:52,113 The first African American major party nominee. 1323 01:02:52,133 --> 01:02:53,182 He turned away Hillary Clinton, 1324 01:02:53,202 --> 01:02:56,073 the first woman to get as far as she did. 1325 01:02:57,053 --> 01:02:58,153 KATIE COURIC: This historic victory 1326 01:02:58,173 --> 01:03:00,062 comes with a two-fold challenge, 1327 01:03:00,082 --> 01:03:01,173 battling Senator John McCain 1328 01:03:01,193 --> 01:03:05,082 while trying to unify a deeply divided Democratic party. 1329 01:03:05,102 --> 01:03:07,233 So reporters don't unpack your bags, 1330 01:03:07,253 --> 01:03:09,273 it'll be a long hot summer. 1331 01:03:16,073 --> 01:03:17,222 KROFT: Senator McCain talks a great deal 1332 01:03:17,242 --> 01:03:20,122 about his experience as a-- as a prisoner of war... 1333 01:03:20,142 --> 01:03:23,082 -Right. Right. -...and how it has shaped him. 1334 01:03:23,102 --> 01:03:26,062 What is the thing that has shaped you? 1335 01:03:26,233 --> 01:03:30,133 It-- The story for me is... 1336 01:03:30,153 --> 01:03:34,213 of being born into pretty humble circumstances. 1337 01:03:34,233 --> 01:03:36,233 Not having a dad in the house. 1338 01:03:36,253 --> 01:03:40,173 But having a mother and grandparents who loved me, 1339 01:03:40,193 --> 01:03:45,122 who instilled in me some pretty, uh, 1340 01:03:45,142 --> 01:03:49,073 you know, Midwestern Kansas values of hard work 1341 01:03:49,093 --> 01:03:52,162 and stick-to-it-ness, and honesty 1342 01:03:52,182 --> 01:03:55,202 and looking out for other people, uh, 1343 01:03:55,222 --> 01:03:57,153 and-- and what's shaped me most powerfully, 1344 01:03:57,173 --> 01:03:59,253 maybe because I'm half Black and half white, 1345 01:03:59,273 --> 01:04:03,133 uh, that a big chunk of my childhood, 1346 01:04:03,153 --> 01:04:07,142 I was sort of an outsider, I didn't quite fit anywhere. 1347 01:04:07,162 --> 01:04:08,222 Part of what shapes me is-- 1348 01:04:08,242 --> 01:04:14,062 is, uh, being able to find a connection 1349 01:04:14,082 --> 01:04:16,142 with all kinds of different people, 1350 01:04:16,162 --> 01:04:19,043 and-- and want to bring them together 1351 01:04:19,062 --> 01:04:23,133 and bridge misunderstandings, and-- and bridge conflict, 1352 01:04:23,153 --> 01:04:25,082 so that we can actually get things done. 1353 01:04:25,102 --> 01:04:29,273 And that, I think is something that led me into public service. 1354 01:04:30,053 --> 01:04:32,242 And in some ways, that's something 1355 01:04:32,262 --> 01:04:35,213 very profoundly American about me. 1356 01:04:37,093 --> 01:04:41,193 A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? 1357 01:04:41,213 --> 01:04:44,242 The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. 1358 01:04:44,262 --> 01:04:47,113 -(CROWD CHEERING) -REPORTER: Rumors and innuendo 1359 01:04:47,133 --> 01:04:49,062 are as much a part of a presidential campaign 1360 01:04:49,082 --> 01:04:51,122 as flag pins and chicken dinners. 1361 01:04:51,142 --> 01:04:53,082 But after a week of radio talk shows 1362 01:04:53,102 --> 01:04:54,142 and websites spreading the word 1363 01:04:54,162 --> 01:04:55,273 that Michelle Obama may have used 1364 01:04:56,053 --> 01:04:59,102 a racial epithet against white people in a speech... 1365 01:04:59,122 --> 01:05:03,142 Some, uh-- uh, reference to white people 1366 01:05:03,162 --> 01:05:05,182 as "whities," allegedly. 1367 01:05:05,202 --> 01:05:08,193 ...and continuing whispers about whether Obama is a Muslim, 1368 01:05:08,213 --> 01:05:11,142 the campaign has launched a new counter offensive, 1369 01:05:11,162 --> 01:05:14,153 a website. It's called FightTheSmears dot com 1370 01:05:14,173 --> 01:05:19,102 and is devoted to debunking false rumors about the Obamas. 1371 01:05:19,122 --> 01:05:23,082 First it was my name, right? That was a problem. 1372 01:05:24,102 --> 01:05:27,082 And then there was the Muslim-email thing. 1373 01:05:27,102 --> 01:05:29,242 This particular one alleges, among other things, 1374 01:05:29,262 --> 01:05:33,173 that you took the oath of office on the Quran 1375 01:05:33,193 --> 01:05:35,142 -and not the Bible? -(CHUCKLES) 1376 01:05:35,162 --> 01:05:37,153 Now it's the patriotism thing. 1377 01:05:37,173 --> 01:05:40,082 Barack Obama refuses to, uh, salute the flag, 1378 01:05:40,102 --> 01:05:41,273 he refuses to wear a flag pin. 1379 01:05:42,053 --> 01:05:43,233 And my wife's comment. 1380 01:05:43,253 --> 01:05:45,142 -(CROWD CHEERING) -Let me tell you something, 1381 01:05:45,162 --> 01:05:48,202 for the first time in my adult lifetime, 1382 01:05:48,222 --> 01:05:50,253 I'm really proud of my country. 1383 01:05:50,273 --> 01:05:54,053 She already clarified herself. She was very clear about it. 1384 01:05:54,073 --> 01:05:56,153 I'm proud of this country, and I'm proud 1385 01:05:56,173 --> 01:05:58,122 of the fact that people are ready 1386 01:05:58,142 --> 01:06:02,182 to roll up their sleeves and do something phenomenal. 1387 01:06:02,202 --> 01:06:05,093 There's always some nonsense going on 1388 01:06:05,113 --> 01:06:07,093 in general elections, right? 1389 01:06:07,113 --> 01:06:09,053 If it wasn't this, it'd be something else. 1390 01:06:09,073 --> 01:06:12,102 (CROWD CHEERING) 1391 01:06:12,122 --> 01:06:15,262 ALEXANDER: You know, the Obamas are remarkably focused. 1392 01:06:16,193 --> 01:06:18,253 Eyes on the prize. 1393 01:06:18,273 --> 01:06:21,153 The prize, by the way, is not the presidency. 1394 01:06:21,173 --> 01:06:23,053 The prize is the work. 1395 01:06:23,073 --> 01:06:24,093 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1396 01:06:24,113 --> 01:06:26,082 ALEXANDER: It's not that it does not hurt 1397 01:06:26,102 --> 01:06:28,173 to be defamed and misnamed. 1398 01:06:28,193 --> 01:06:31,113 But I think that what served both of them well, 1399 01:06:31,133 --> 01:06:34,093 was understanding that they were in service 1400 01:06:34,113 --> 01:06:35,193 to a larger ideal, 1401 01:06:35,213 --> 01:06:39,122 and that what leadership meant in that moment 1402 01:06:39,142 --> 01:06:43,073 was to just keep on the path. 1403 01:06:43,093 --> 01:06:45,073 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Thank you, guys. 1404 01:06:45,093 --> 01:06:49,142 IFILL: Racism is always a very convenient tool 1405 01:06:49,162 --> 01:06:52,093 to use by those who want power. 1406 01:06:52,113 --> 01:06:55,253 They don't have to, themselves, be motivated by race. 1407 01:06:55,273 --> 01:06:59,113 They can just be motivated by the desire to hold on to, 1408 01:06:59,133 --> 01:07:03,253 attain, or broaden their base of power. 1409 01:07:03,273 --> 01:07:06,162 And because racism is so deeply baked 1410 01:07:06,182 --> 01:07:09,102 into the American psyche, 1411 01:07:09,122 --> 01:07:11,133 you only have to tap into the vein. 1412 01:07:11,153 --> 01:07:13,113 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Thank you. Thank you, guys. 1413 01:07:13,133 --> 01:07:15,113 -ATTENDEE: Senator, good luck. -Thank you so much. 1414 01:07:15,133 --> 01:07:16,242 Thank you. Thank you, guys. 1415 01:07:16,262 --> 01:07:18,213 REPORTER: A political firestorm erupted today 1416 01:07:18,233 --> 01:07:23,043 over a magazine cover cartoon of Barack Obama and his wife. 1417 01:07:23,062 --> 01:07:25,113 The New Yorker cover depicts the couple 1418 01:07:25,133 --> 01:07:27,102 doing a fist bump in the Oval Office. 1419 01:07:27,122 --> 01:07:29,233 He's in Muslim clothing, she's in camouflage. 1420 01:07:29,253 --> 01:07:32,122 REPORTER 2: The cover also shows an American flag 1421 01:07:32,142 --> 01:07:33,213 burning in the fireplace 1422 01:07:33,233 --> 01:07:36,253 and a picture of Osama Bin Laden hangs on the wall. 1423 01:07:36,273 --> 01:07:39,142 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1424 01:07:39,162 --> 01:07:41,222 REMNICK: Barry Blitt drew a cover that meant 1425 01:07:41,242 --> 01:07:47,133 to take every crazy stereotype about Michelle and Barack Obama, 1426 01:07:47,153 --> 01:07:48,273 and put them into one image. 1427 01:07:50,043 --> 01:07:51,113 And you were seeing these images 1428 01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:54,242 and this rhetoric on Fox News for example, all the time. 1429 01:07:54,262 --> 01:07:56,253 We didn't draw it out of nowhere. 1430 01:07:56,273 --> 01:07:59,153 And, um, the reaction was not, 1431 01:07:59,173 --> 01:08:01,162 let's just say, uniformly fantastic. 1432 01:08:01,182 --> 01:08:03,233 WOLF BLITZER: I can't tell you how many people have said to me, 1433 01:08:03,253 --> 01:08:05,233 David, you know, if-- if they wouldn't have known 1434 01:08:05,253 --> 01:08:08,043 this was on the cover of The New Yorker magazine, 1435 01:08:08,062 --> 01:08:10,093 they would have just seen this cartoon 1436 01:08:10,113 --> 01:08:11,233 and they would have-- and been asked, 1437 01:08:11,253 --> 01:08:14,122 "Which magazine has this on the cover?" 1438 01:08:14,142 --> 01:08:15,242 Almost every one of us would've said 1439 01:08:15,262 --> 01:08:17,242 some neo-Nazi magazine, the Ku Klux Klan... 1440 01:08:17,263 --> 01:08:20,043 Oh, come on, Wolf, come on, come on, come on. 1441 01:08:20,063 --> 01:08:22,143 The fact is-- Wait a minute, the fact of the matter 1442 01:08:22,162 --> 01:08:26,253 is that it is on The New Yorker and context means a lot. 1443 01:08:26,272 --> 01:08:29,043 REPORTER: The New Yorker cover now appears on websites 1444 01:08:29,063 --> 01:08:31,242 of Obama's opponents, many conservatives. 1445 01:08:31,263 --> 01:08:34,133 The New Yorker's perceptive cover, 1446 01:08:34,152 --> 01:08:36,152 says RightWingNews dot com. 1447 01:08:36,173 --> 01:08:39,162 Obama had no response, but his campaign said, quote... 1448 01:08:39,183 --> 01:08:46,173 (READS QUOTE) 1449 01:08:52,103 --> 01:08:54,152 REMNICK: We had published, I don't know how many covers 1450 01:08:54,173 --> 01:08:58,063 making fun of George Bush, politically, in myriad ways. 1451 01:08:58,082 --> 01:09:01,242 The reason for the reaction to this cover 1452 01:09:01,263 --> 01:09:06,133 was that a mainly liberal audience said, 1453 01:09:06,152 --> 01:09:08,253 "Of course, I understand this. 1454 01:09:08,272 --> 01:09:11,162 -But those people out there..." -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1455 01:09:11,183 --> 01:09:14,263 "...those rubes in the big square states 1456 01:09:15,043 --> 01:09:17,162 who can't understand anything are going to see this 1457 01:09:17,183 --> 01:09:19,263 as not something ironic or a comment on something, 1458 01:09:20,043 --> 01:09:21,133 but as reality." 1459 01:09:23,133 --> 01:09:26,242 And I found that wrong and condescending. 1460 01:09:26,263 --> 01:09:30,122 REPORTER: A new Newsweek poll suggests 12 percent of voters 1461 01:09:30,143 --> 01:09:32,232 still think Obama is a practicing Muslim, 1462 01:09:32,253 --> 01:09:35,082 26 percent think he was raised Muslim, 1463 01:09:35,103 --> 01:09:38,272 and 39 percent think he attended an Islamic school. 1464 01:09:39,053 --> 01:09:42,223 REPORTER 2: So, is the magazine pointing out anti-Obama myths 1465 01:09:42,242 --> 01:09:44,202 or perpetuating them? 1466 01:09:44,223 --> 01:09:48,263 (BUS ENGINE REVVING) 1467 01:09:49,043 --> 01:09:52,213 COBB: One sub current of the 2008 campaign 1468 01:09:52,232 --> 01:09:55,202 had been this really irrational fear 1469 01:09:55,223 --> 01:09:57,133 that Barack Obama represented 1470 01:09:57,152 --> 01:10:00,253 some sort of revenge-fantasy for Black people. 1471 01:10:02,072 --> 01:10:06,272 What his identity did was allow people to run wild 1472 01:10:07,053 --> 01:10:10,133 with the most feverish conjurings 1473 01:10:10,152 --> 01:10:13,103 of their conspiratorial minds. 1474 01:10:14,103 --> 01:10:17,173 So there is a really great moment 1475 01:10:17,192 --> 01:10:20,232 that expresses Obama's 1476 01:10:20,253 --> 01:10:24,093 kind of strategic relationship to Black identity, 1477 01:10:24,112 --> 01:10:28,043 and that was in the Democratic National Convention 1478 01:10:28,063 --> 01:10:29,192 in Denver in 2008. 1479 01:10:29,213 --> 01:10:31,272 (CROWD CHEERING) 1480 01:10:32,053 --> 01:10:37,242 JOHN KERRY: No one can question Barack Obama's patriotism. 1481 01:10:37,263 --> 01:10:41,162 Like all of us, he was taught what it means to be an American 1482 01:10:41,183 --> 01:10:44,152 by his family. His grandmother who worked 1483 01:10:44,173 --> 01:10:47,103 on a bomber assembly line in World War II, 1484 01:10:47,122 --> 01:10:50,232 his grandfather who marched in Patton's Army, 1485 01:10:50,253 --> 01:10:54,063 and his great uncle who enlisted in the army 1486 01:10:54,082 --> 01:10:57,192 right out of high school at the height of the war. 1487 01:10:57,213 --> 01:11:00,192 There's a point where John Kerry mentions 1488 01:11:00,213 --> 01:11:03,202 that Barack Obama's uncle, 1489 01:11:03,223 --> 01:11:05,263 who is a veteran of World War II, 1490 01:11:06,043 --> 01:11:08,242 was present in the convention hall. 1491 01:11:08,263 --> 01:11:12,082 And he requests that his uncle stand up 1492 01:11:12,103 --> 01:11:14,152 and be acknowledged by the crowd. 1493 01:11:14,173 --> 01:11:16,043 -(CROWD CHEERING) -KERRY: Please join me 1494 01:11:16,063 --> 01:11:20,112 in saluting this American hero, Charlie Payne. 1495 01:11:20,133 --> 01:11:21,192 (CROWD APPLAUDS) 1496 01:11:21,213 --> 01:11:24,152 COBB: This elderly white man stands up, 1497 01:11:24,173 --> 01:11:26,263 you know, this man who would not be out of place 1498 01:11:27,043 --> 01:11:29,272 at any VFW hall in the country. 1499 01:11:30,053 --> 01:11:33,263 And I happen to be with a group of Black delegates 1500 01:11:34,043 --> 01:11:36,263 who all howled with laughter... 1501 01:11:38,112 --> 01:11:40,173 because you understood exactly what he was doing. 1502 01:11:40,192 --> 01:11:43,133 And the guy next to me said, "If I had a white uncle, 1503 01:11:43,152 --> 01:11:46,053 I'd take him to every job interview I went to." 1504 01:11:46,072 --> 01:11:47,232 (CROWD CHEERING) 1505 01:11:47,253 --> 01:11:51,112 COBB: That was a kind of brilliant inversion 1506 01:11:51,133 --> 01:11:55,053 of the one-drop rule in America. Because as they say, 1507 01:11:55,072 --> 01:11:57,253 "If you are Black at all, you are all Black." 1508 01:11:57,272 --> 01:12:00,072 Barack Obama turned that inside out. 1509 01:12:01,103 --> 01:12:02,242 "If you don't understand who I am, 1510 01:12:02,263 --> 01:12:04,223 if you're trying to figure out who I am, 1511 01:12:04,242 --> 01:12:05,272 well, here's my uncle. 1512 01:12:06,053 --> 01:12:07,202 There's a good chance that you have an uncle 1513 01:12:07,223 --> 01:12:10,122 who is just like this guy." 1514 01:12:10,143 --> 01:12:13,082 KERRY: Charlie, your nephew, Barack Obama, 1515 01:12:13,103 --> 01:12:16,223 will end this politics of distortion and division. 1516 01:12:16,242 --> 01:12:19,103 That flag that hangs from the rafters 1517 01:12:19,122 --> 01:12:21,202 and that you have waved here this evening, 1518 01:12:21,223 --> 01:12:25,103 that flag doesn't belong to any ideology, 1519 01:12:25,122 --> 01:12:28,072 it doesn't belong to any political party. 1520 01:12:28,093 --> 01:12:31,103 It is an enduring symbol of our nation, 1521 01:12:31,122 --> 01:12:34,263 and it belongs to all the American people. 1522 01:12:35,043 --> 01:12:39,043 (CROWD CHEERING) 1523 01:12:41,152 --> 01:12:45,103 CROWD: John McCain! John McCain! John McCain! 1524 01:12:45,122 --> 01:12:48,082 John McCain! John McCain! 1525 01:12:48,103 --> 01:12:51,053 John McCain! John McCain! 1526 01:12:51,072 --> 01:12:55,133 My friends, I've spent the last few months 1527 01:12:55,152 --> 01:12:59,122 looking-- looking for a running mate 1528 01:12:59,143 --> 01:13:02,103 who can best help me shake up Washington 1529 01:13:02,122 --> 01:13:04,183 and make it start working again 1530 01:13:04,202 --> 01:13:06,253 for the people that are counting on us. 1531 01:13:06,272 --> 01:13:09,143 (CROWD CHEERING) 1532 01:13:10,253 --> 01:13:13,242 REPORTER: We're going to turn to the political preoccupation 1533 01:13:13,263 --> 01:13:14,272 of the nation. 1534 01:13:15,053 --> 01:13:17,143 Who will McCain pick for Vice President? 1535 01:13:17,162 --> 01:13:19,152 REPORTER 2: Of course, we know Barack Obama's selection 1536 01:13:19,173 --> 01:13:21,152 of a running mate was a tightly held secret. 1537 01:13:21,173 --> 01:13:23,263 OBAMA: For months, I've searched for a leader 1538 01:13:24,043 --> 01:13:26,043 to finish this journey alongside me. 1539 01:13:26,063 --> 01:13:27,192 I've found that leader. 1540 01:13:27,213 --> 01:13:31,232 (CROWD CHEERING) 1541 01:13:31,253 --> 01:13:34,232 A man with a distinguished record. 1542 01:13:35,242 --> 01:13:38,263 A man with fundamental decency. 1543 01:13:39,043 --> 01:13:42,232 -And that man is Joe Biden. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1544 01:13:42,253 --> 01:13:46,213 JOHN MCCAIN: My friends and fellow Americans, 1545 01:13:46,232 --> 01:13:50,082 I am very pleased and very privileged 1546 01:13:50,103 --> 01:13:52,072 to introduce to you 1547 01:13:52,093 --> 01:13:55,183 the next Vice President of the United States. 1548 01:13:55,202 --> 01:14:00,063 (CROWD CHEERING) 1549 01:14:00,082 --> 01:14:05,133 Governor Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska. 1550 01:14:05,253 --> 01:14:08,072 (CROWD CHEERING) 1551 01:14:08,093 --> 01:14:09,152 REPORTER: If John McCain had hoped 1552 01:14:09,173 --> 01:14:11,112 to use his announcement of a running mate 1553 01:14:11,133 --> 01:14:13,133 to steal the spotlight from the Democrats 1554 01:14:13,152 --> 01:14:15,213 the day after their convention ended, 1555 01:14:15,232 --> 01:14:17,213 he succeeded. 1556 01:14:17,232 --> 01:14:20,072 The question of the day was Sarah who? 1557 01:14:20,093 --> 01:14:21,232 Who is Sarah Palin? 1558 01:14:21,253 --> 01:14:24,072 SARAH PALIN: I'm a hockey mom from Alaska. 1559 01:14:24,093 --> 01:14:26,093 I'm not one of those movers and shakers 1560 01:14:26,112 --> 01:14:28,072 within the Republican party 1561 01:14:28,093 --> 01:14:30,063 that I think, conventionally, you would think, 1562 01:14:30,082 --> 01:14:31,152 would be tapped. 1563 01:14:31,173 --> 01:14:34,063 REPORTER 2: Palin has been governor less than two years, 1564 01:14:34,082 --> 01:14:37,183 but is already the state's most popular politician. 1565 01:14:37,202 --> 01:14:41,122 She is the anti-Washington Republican conservative. 1566 01:14:41,143 --> 01:14:43,162 -Pro-gun, anti-abortion... -(GUNSHOTS) 1567 01:14:43,183 --> 01:14:46,272 ...with a political record as far outside the beltway 1568 01:14:47,053 --> 01:14:50,053 -as anyone can get. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1569 01:14:50,072 --> 01:14:55,043 PALIN: Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska... 1570 01:14:55,063 --> 01:14:58,143 -(CROWD CHEERING) -...I was mayor of my hometown. 1571 01:14:58,162 --> 01:15:01,082 I guess a small-town mayor 1572 01:15:01,103 --> 01:15:04,213 is sort of like a community organizer, 1573 01:15:04,232 --> 01:15:09,043 except that you have actual responsibilities. 1574 01:15:09,063 --> 01:15:12,223 (CROWD CHEERING) 1575 01:15:12,242 --> 01:15:15,093 Whatever the long-term impact of Sarah Palin 1576 01:15:15,112 --> 01:15:17,143 on McCain's chances, 1577 01:15:17,162 --> 01:15:20,202 uh, she gave him a short-term adrenaline shot, 1578 01:15:20,223 --> 01:15:24,112 and his campaign began to attract big crowds. 1579 01:15:24,133 --> 01:15:26,223 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1580 01:15:26,242 --> 01:15:28,242 AXELROD: But the tone and tenor of the crowds 1581 01:15:28,263 --> 01:15:31,112 turned uglier and uglier. 1582 01:15:31,133 --> 01:15:35,213 I was reading today a copy of The New York Times. 1583 01:15:35,232 --> 01:15:40,162 (CROWD BOOING) 1584 01:15:40,183 --> 01:15:44,053 And I was really interested to read in there 1585 01:15:44,072 --> 01:15:47,112 about Barack Obama's friends from Chicago. 1586 01:15:47,133 --> 01:15:50,133 (CROWD BOOING) 1587 01:15:50,152 --> 01:15:54,152 Turns out one of his earliest supporters 1588 01:15:54,173 --> 01:15:57,232 is a man who, according to The New York Times, 1589 01:15:57,253 --> 01:16:01,202 was a domestic terrorist and part of a group-- 1590 01:16:01,223 --> 01:16:04,152 (CROWD BOOING) 1591 01:16:04,173 --> 01:16:06,223 Part of a group that, quote, 1592 01:16:06,242 --> 01:16:08,232 "launched a campaign of bombings 1593 01:16:08,253 --> 01:16:12,143 that would target the Pentagon and the US Capitol." 1594 01:16:12,162 --> 01:16:15,143 (CROWD BOOING) 1595 01:16:15,162 --> 01:16:18,223 -Man. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1596 01:16:18,242 --> 01:16:20,242 REPORTER 3: The Palin factor. The campaign 1597 01:16:20,263 --> 01:16:23,133 -that's turned down and dirty. -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 1598 01:16:23,152 --> 01:16:25,202 REPORTER 3: Down in the polls, the McCain campaign 1599 01:16:25,223 --> 01:16:28,093 has found a new attack dog. 1600 01:16:28,112 --> 01:16:31,143 OBAMA: Senator McCain and his operatives are gambling 1601 01:16:31,162 --> 01:16:34,232 that they can distract you with smears 1602 01:16:34,253 --> 01:16:37,162 rather than talk to you about substance. 1603 01:16:37,183 --> 01:16:39,263 I am just so fearful that this is not a man 1604 01:16:40,043 --> 01:16:43,263 who sees America the way that you and I see America. 1605 01:16:44,043 --> 01:16:46,183 They'd rather tear our campaign down 1606 01:16:46,202 --> 01:16:49,063 -than lift this country up. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1607 01:16:49,082 --> 01:16:51,072 That's what you do when you're out of touch, 1608 01:16:51,093 --> 01:16:53,272 out of ideas, and running out of time. 1609 01:16:54,053 --> 01:16:55,133 (CROWD CHEERING) 1610 01:16:55,152 --> 01:16:57,192 PALIN: I'm afraid this is someone who sees America 1611 01:16:57,213 --> 01:17:02,112 as imperfect enough to work with a former domestic terrorist 1612 01:17:02,133 --> 01:17:04,173 who had targeted his own country. 1613 01:17:04,192 --> 01:17:07,223 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1614 01:17:07,242 --> 01:17:09,192 REMNICK: Even as just a journalist, 1615 01:17:09,213 --> 01:17:14,253 the cr-- crazy emails about how really I got it all wrong, 1616 01:17:14,272 --> 01:17:20,053 and that Barack Obama was created by terrorists 1617 01:17:20,072 --> 01:17:23,213 and bomb-throwing radicals. 1618 01:17:23,232 --> 01:17:26,192 Unfortunately, that crap entered the mainstream. 1619 01:17:28,093 --> 01:17:30,112 In the-- In the name of Sarah Palin. 1620 01:17:31,223 --> 01:17:34,063 He's palling around with terrorists. 1621 01:17:37,053 --> 01:17:40,043 This language was-- And feeling was-- 1622 01:17:40,063 --> 01:17:44,112 It's not just some American marginalia over here. 1623 01:17:46,112 --> 01:17:48,103 People saw it as sufficient enough 1624 01:17:48,122 --> 01:17:49,202 that it needed whipping up. 1625 01:17:49,223 --> 01:17:51,202 (CROWD CHEERING) 1626 01:17:51,223 --> 01:17:55,082 I'm afraid if he wins, the Black will take over. 1627 01:17:55,103 --> 01:17:56,173 He seems like a sheep, 1628 01:17:56,192 --> 01:17:59,093 or a wolf in sheep's clothing, to be honest with you. 1629 01:17:59,112 --> 01:18:01,043 He must support terrorists. 1630 01:18:01,063 --> 01:18:03,072 You know, if-- if it walks like a duck 1631 01:18:03,093 --> 01:18:05,232 and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. 1632 01:18:05,253 --> 01:18:07,122 And that, to me, is Obama. 1633 01:18:08,263 --> 01:18:10,152 You have to have some degree of optimism 1634 01:18:10,173 --> 01:18:13,053 and some degree of faith in white America 1635 01:18:13,072 --> 01:18:14,133 because the majority of the population 1636 01:18:14,152 --> 01:18:16,093 can already be president. I don't know how you become 1637 01:18:16,112 --> 01:18:17,272 president without that, right? 1638 01:18:18,053 --> 01:18:19,082 Or at least at that point, 1639 01:18:19,103 --> 01:18:21,202 I don't know how you become president without that. 1640 01:18:21,223 --> 01:18:25,053 Uh, but I think also that that faith might prevent you 1641 01:18:25,072 --> 01:18:28,152 -from seeing certain things. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1642 01:18:28,173 --> 01:18:33,103 TA-NEHISI COATES: The belief in the goodness of white America 1643 01:18:33,122 --> 01:18:36,093 did not allow you to see... (CHUCKLES) 1644 01:18:37,103 --> 01:18:39,183 that this could actually get really bad. 1645 01:18:39,202 --> 01:18:41,223 -(CROWD APPLAUDING) -Yes, ma'am. 1646 01:18:41,242 --> 01:18:44,272 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1647 01:18:45,053 --> 01:18:46,192 Ma'am, if you're going to walk up like that 1648 01:18:46,213 --> 01:18:48,063 I'm not going to give you the mic. 1649 01:18:48,082 --> 01:18:49,173 I'm not going to give you the mic. 1650 01:18:49,192 --> 01:18:51,183 ATTENDEE: Okay, I gotta ask you a question. 1651 01:18:51,202 --> 01:18:55,253 I do not, uh, believe in I can't trust Obama. 1652 01:18:55,272 --> 01:18:57,263 I-- I have read about him, 1653 01:18:58,043 --> 01:19:01,082 and he's not-- he's not-- he's a, uh, 1654 01:19:01,103 --> 01:19:04,133 -he's an Arab. He is not -(CROWD CHUCKLES) 1655 01:19:04,152 --> 01:19:06,072 -No, ma'am. No, ma'am. -ATTENDEE: No? 1656 01:19:06,093 --> 01:19:07,223 No, ma'am. No, ma'am. No, ma'am. 1657 01:19:07,242 --> 01:19:11,043 He's a-- He's a decent, family man, 1658 01:19:11,063 --> 01:19:14,103 citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with 1659 01:19:14,122 --> 01:19:16,112 on-- on fundamental issues, 1660 01:19:16,133 --> 01:19:18,072 and that's what this campaign is all about. 1661 01:19:18,093 --> 01:19:21,223 -He's not. Thank you. Thank you. -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 1662 01:19:21,242 --> 01:19:26,043 -Yes. -♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1663 01:19:26,063 --> 01:19:29,112 We all thought that was McCain's finest moment 1664 01:19:29,133 --> 01:19:31,263 in the whole, uh, campaign. 1665 01:19:32,043 --> 01:19:36,063 -Now, I want to acknowledge... -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1666 01:19:36,082 --> 01:19:39,162 ...uh, that Senator McCain, yesterday, tried to tone down 1667 01:19:39,183 --> 01:19:41,192 the rhetoric in some of his town halls. 1668 01:19:41,213 --> 01:19:43,112 (CROWD SHOUTING) 1669 01:19:43,133 --> 01:19:45,242 AXELROD: I don't think Obama was surprised 1670 01:19:45,263 --> 01:19:49,093 by some of the acrimony out there. 1671 01:19:49,112 --> 01:19:51,192 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1672 01:19:52,112 --> 01:19:53,242 This is little Hussein. 1673 01:19:58,112 --> 01:20:00,133 AXELROD: He understood that there were these 1674 01:20:00,152 --> 01:20:05,063 -darker impulses out there. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1675 01:20:05,082 --> 01:20:08,133 But at the same time, he was traveling the country, 1676 01:20:08,152 --> 01:20:10,272 and there were as many as a hundred thousand people 1677 01:20:11,053 --> 01:20:12,192 showing up at his rallies. 1678 01:20:14,063 --> 01:20:18,093 That was a tonic in a way for some of the ugliness 1679 01:20:18,112 --> 01:20:20,093 that we saw on the other side. 1680 01:20:21,072 --> 01:20:24,242 (CROWD CHEERING) 1681 01:20:24,263 --> 01:20:27,202 OBAMA: We have had a-- a remarkable campaign... 1682 01:20:28,272 --> 01:20:32,272 and, uh, you know, when we started 21 months ago, 1683 01:20:33,053 --> 01:20:35,253 I-- I didn't know how it would turn out. 1684 01:20:35,272 --> 01:20:38,143 And no matter what happens tomorrow, 1685 01:20:38,162 --> 01:20:40,263 I'm going to feel good about how it's turned out 1686 01:20:41,043 --> 01:20:43,242 because all of you have created 1687 01:20:43,263 --> 01:20:50,093 -this incredible campaign. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1688 01:20:50,112 --> 01:20:54,152 Uh, some of you heard that my grandmother, uh, 1689 01:20:54,173 --> 01:20:56,192 who helped raise me, passed away, 1690 01:20:56,213 --> 01:20:58,053 uh, early this morning... 1691 01:20:58,072 --> 01:21:01,162 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -...and I-- 1692 01:21:01,183 --> 01:21:06,202 -Look, she-- she has gone home. -CROWD: Yeah! 1693 01:21:06,223 --> 01:21:09,173 And she died peacefully in her sleep... 1694 01:21:10,192 --> 01:21:13,173 with my sister at her side. 1695 01:21:13,192 --> 01:21:18,183 And so, there's great joy as well as tears. 1696 01:21:18,202 --> 01:21:22,072 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -I'm not gonna talk about it too long, 1697 01:21:22,093 --> 01:21:25,192 because it's hard a little to talk about. 1698 01:21:25,213 --> 01:21:27,263 -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -Uh... 1699 01:21:28,272 --> 01:21:33,272 She was somebody who was a very humble person 1700 01:21:34,053 --> 01:21:36,043 and a very plain-spoken person. 1701 01:21:36,063 --> 01:21:37,263 She was one of those quiet heroes 1702 01:21:38,043 --> 01:21:40,063 that we have all across America... 1703 01:21:40,082 --> 01:21:42,122 -ATTENDEE: Just like you! -...who-- 1704 01:21:42,143 --> 01:21:43,213 They're not famous. 1705 01:21:44,232 --> 01:21:46,272 Uh, their names aren't in the newspapers, 1706 01:21:48,043 --> 01:21:51,063 But each and every day they work hard. 1707 01:21:52,082 --> 01:21:54,043 They look after their families. 1708 01:21:54,253 --> 01:21:56,223 They sacrifice for their children 1709 01:21:56,242 --> 01:21:58,072 and their grandchildren. 1710 01:21:59,143 --> 01:22:02,112 They aren't seeking the limelight. 1711 01:22:02,133 --> 01:22:05,063 All they try to do is just do the right thing. 1712 01:22:06,232 --> 01:22:09,202 And the satisfaction that they get 1713 01:22:09,223 --> 01:22:12,093 is seeing that their children, 1714 01:22:12,112 --> 01:22:15,082 and maybe their grandchildren or their great grandchildren, 1715 01:22:15,103 --> 01:22:18,043 uh, live a better life than-- than they did. 1716 01:22:18,253 --> 01:22:21,053 And that's what America's about. 1717 01:22:22,082 --> 01:22:23,253 That's what we're fighting for. 1718 01:22:25,053 --> 01:22:26,152 And, North Carolina... 1719 01:22:27,143 --> 01:22:29,192 in just one more day, 1720 01:22:29,213 --> 01:22:31,133 -we have the opportunity... -(CROWD CHEERING) 1721 01:22:31,152 --> 01:22:33,192 ...to honor all those quiet heroes 1722 01:22:33,213 --> 01:22:37,232 all across America and all across North Carolina. 1723 01:22:38,173 --> 01:22:40,192 We can bring change to America 1724 01:22:40,213 --> 01:22:44,272 to make sure that their work and their sacrifice is honored. 1725 01:22:45,053 --> 01:22:47,053 That's what we're fighting for! 1726 01:22:47,072 --> 01:22:52,112 ♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1727 01:22:55,043 --> 01:22:56,103 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1728 01:22:56,122 --> 01:22:58,152 REPORTER: They opened the floodgates this morning 1729 01:22:58,173 --> 01:23:01,053 at voting places across the country. 1730 01:23:01,072 --> 01:23:02,162 REPORTER 2: The lines began forming, 1731 01:23:02,183 --> 01:23:04,173 even before the sun came up. 1732 01:23:04,192 --> 01:23:05,213 REPORTER 3: And in many cases, 1733 01:23:05,232 --> 01:23:08,103 lines as far as the eye could see. 1734 01:23:08,122 --> 01:23:09,202 REPORTER 2: Even with the long lines, 1735 01:23:09,223 --> 01:23:11,263 both campaigns were still working feverishly 1736 01:23:12,043 --> 01:23:13,082 to add to them. 1737 01:23:13,103 --> 01:23:15,082 Anybody else you can get to come out and help us, 1738 01:23:15,103 --> 01:23:17,043 -we'd really appreciate it. -(CROWD APPLAUDING) 1739 01:23:17,063 --> 01:23:19,143 REPORTER 4: In Indianapolis, Obama worked the phones 1740 01:23:19,162 --> 01:23:21,232 in a last minute "get out the vote" effort. 1741 01:23:22,112 --> 01:23:24,063 Hi, Pam? 1742 01:23:24,082 --> 01:23:26,063 This is Barack Obama, how are you? 1743 01:23:27,152 --> 01:23:29,093 It wasn't unexpected at that point 1744 01:23:29,112 --> 01:23:32,162 that he was going to be elected, if you looked at the polling. 1745 01:23:32,183 --> 01:23:33,242 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1746 01:23:33,263 --> 01:23:35,133 KEN MACK: But, I was one of the people 1747 01:23:35,152 --> 01:23:39,043 who firmly believed that, "I'll believe it when I see it." 1748 01:23:39,063 --> 01:23:41,192 Of course in politics, it ain't over until people vote. 1749 01:23:44,072 --> 01:23:45,213 CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD: I was one of those people 1750 01:23:45,232 --> 01:23:49,213 who that was my first time ever voting, period. 1751 01:23:49,232 --> 01:23:50,272 Like, ever. 1752 01:23:51,053 --> 01:23:52,152 Like, Barack Obama was the first person 1753 01:23:52,173 --> 01:23:53,232 that energized me and made me say, 1754 01:23:53,253 --> 01:23:55,183 "Yo, I want to go out here and vote." 1755 01:23:55,202 --> 01:24:01,192 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1756 01:24:01,213 --> 01:24:04,133 I decided to call a watch-night service 1757 01:24:04,152 --> 01:24:07,063 like we do on New Year's Eve, 1758 01:24:07,082 --> 01:24:09,223 down at Martin Luther King's church in Atlanta. 1759 01:24:09,242 --> 01:24:10,272 (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) 1760 01:24:11,053 --> 01:24:13,043 LEWIS: This election is not the promised land, 1761 01:24:13,063 --> 01:24:16,063 but I tell you, it is a major down payment 1762 01:24:16,082 --> 01:24:19,122 -on the promised land. -(CONGREGATION CHEERING) 1763 01:24:20,192 --> 01:24:22,122 And when it flashed across that screen, 1764 01:24:22,143 --> 01:24:25,173 -Obama won Ohio, -(CONGREGATION CHEERING) 1765 01:24:27,162 --> 01:24:29,202 I was in my fifties, 1766 01:24:29,223 --> 01:24:32,082 and it was the first time in my life 1767 01:24:33,112 --> 01:24:36,063 that I could honestly tell a kid, 1768 01:24:36,082 --> 01:24:37,272 -you could be president. -(CONGREGATION CHEERING) 1769 01:24:38,053 --> 01:24:39,223 -(CROWD CHEERING) -WOLF: We're only a few seconds 1770 01:24:39,242 --> 01:24:41,173 away from the top of the hour 1771 01:24:41,192 --> 01:24:44,072 when these states will be closing 1772 01:24:44,093 --> 01:24:46,053 and there are some big ones. And presumably, 1773 01:24:46,072 --> 01:24:48,242 we'll be able to see what's going on and make, 1774 01:24:48,263 --> 01:24:52,122 perhaps, a major projection at that point. 1775 01:24:52,143 --> 01:24:55,173 This is a moment that a lot of people have been waiting for. 1776 01:24:55,192 --> 01:24:57,223 This is a moment that, potentially, 1777 01:24:57,242 --> 01:24:59,082 could be rather historic... 1778 01:24:59,103 --> 01:25:05,152 CROWD: Five, four, three, two, one! (CHEERING) 1779 01:25:05,173 --> 01:25:08,162 And CNN can now project that Barack Obama, 1780 01:25:08,183 --> 01:25:12,103 47 years old, will become the President-elect 1781 01:25:12,122 --> 01:25:13,192 of the United States. 1782 01:25:13,213 --> 01:25:16,263 We project he now has enough electoral votes. 1783 01:25:17,043 --> 01:25:18,263 -More than... -LEWIS: I never thought 1784 01:25:19,043 --> 01:25:22,232 that I would live to see a Black man 1785 01:25:22,253 --> 01:25:27,063 or a Black woman as president of the United States of America. 1786 01:25:28,093 --> 01:25:31,202 My own mother, my own father, my grandparents 1787 01:25:31,223 --> 01:25:33,133 didn't become registered voters 1788 01:25:33,152 --> 01:25:35,093 until after the Voting Rights Act was passed 1789 01:25:35,112 --> 01:25:38,253 and signed into law on August 6th, 1965. 1790 01:25:38,272 --> 01:25:41,272 (CROWD CHEERING) 1791 01:25:42,053 --> 01:25:43,242 LEWIS: And to live to see 1792 01:25:43,263 --> 01:25:46,272 Barack Obama become president of the United States of America 1793 01:25:47,053 --> 01:25:48,112 was almost too much. 1794 01:25:48,133 --> 01:25:52,122 (CROWD CHEERING) 1795 01:25:52,143 --> 01:25:54,232 LEWIS: I jumped up so high 1796 01:25:54,253 --> 01:25:57,143 I didn't think my feet were going to touch the floor, 1797 01:25:57,162 --> 01:25:59,043 and I started crying. 1798 01:25:59,063 --> 01:26:04,173 (CROWD CHEERING) 1799 01:26:08,213 --> 01:26:10,112 It was the moment... 1800 01:26:12,072 --> 01:26:15,133 the movement and the mission all came together. 1801 01:26:15,152 --> 01:26:18,072 Man, to my mind came the martyrs. 1802 01:26:18,093 --> 01:26:21,043 (INDISTINCT CLAMOR) 1803 01:26:21,063 --> 01:26:23,152 JESSE JACKSON: Our warriors fight for civil rights 1804 01:26:23,173 --> 01:26:25,143 in America, we're soldiers too. 1805 01:26:25,162 --> 01:26:28,183 Fighting for freedom in America is risky, it's very dangerous. 1806 01:26:28,202 --> 01:26:29,253 (GUNSHOT FIRES) 1807 01:26:29,272 --> 01:26:32,063 JESSE: And those who made it possible were not there. 1808 01:26:32,082 --> 01:26:35,133 (CROWD CHEERING) 1809 01:26:35,152 --> 01:26:38,143 I wish Dr. King, Medgar Evers... 1810 01:26:39,242 --> 01:26:41,063 for a moment just-- 1811 01:26:41,082 --> 01:26:43,152 God gave them 15 seconds to look at-- look at their work. 1812 01:26:43,173 --> 01:26:45,223 This is their work, he's the result of our work. 1813 01:26:45,242 --> 01:26:47,242 -ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen... -(CROWD CHEERING) 1814 01:26:47,263 --> 01:26:52,202 ...the next First Family of the United States of America. 1815 01:26:52,223 --> 01:26:56,253 -When he won, we all won. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1816 01:27:02,213 --> 01:27:05,213 I went to Grant Park. If you're in Grant Park, 1817 01:27:05,232 --> 01:27:09,223 it seemed like America had finally done 1818 01:27:09,242 --> 01:27:13,272 -something significant. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1819 01:27:14,053 --> 01:27:15,152 MACK: It was an affirmation 1820 01:27:15,173 --> 01:27:19,103 of what America could be at its best. 1821 01:27:19,122 --> 01:27:21,162 America's not always at its best. 1822 01:27:21,183 --> 01:27:24,162 But, I-- I felt, that night, election night, 1823 01:27:24,183 --> 01:27:25,242 as a Black man in America, 1824 01:27:25,263 --> 01:27:28,143 that this is what America could be. 1825 01:27:28,162 --> 01:27:34,272 (CROWD CHEERING) 1826 01:27:37,122 --> 01:27:40,072 OBAMA: If there is anyone out there... 1827 01:27:41,082 --> 01:27:44,112 who still doubts that America is a place 1828 01:27:44,133 --> 01:27:46,183 where all things are possible... 1829 01:27:48,063 --> 01:27:51,223 who still wonders if the dream of our founders 1830 01:27:51,242 --> 01:27:54,173 is alive in our time... 1831 01:27:54,192 --> 01:27:58,072 who still questions the power of our democracy, 1832 01:27:58,253 --> 01:28:01,082 tonight is your answer. 1833 01:28:01,103 --> 01:28:05,133 (CROWD CHEERING) 1834 01:28:07,272 --> 01:28:09,272 OBAMA: It's been a long time coming... 1835 01:28:10,053 --> 01:28:14,152 but tonight, because of what we did on this day, 1836 01:28:14,173 --> 01:28:18,173 in this election, at this defining moment, 1837 01:28:18,192 --> 01:28:25,053 -change has come to America. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1838 01:28:25,072 --> 01:28:27,122 OBAMA: That's the true genius of America... 1839 01:28:28,093 --> 01:28:30,053 that America can change. 1840 01:28:31,143 --> 01:28:35,043 Our union can be perfected. 1841 01:28:35,063 --> 01:28:37,232 This election had many firsts and many stories 1842 01:28:37,253 --> 01:28:39,082 that will be told for generations, 1843 01:28:39,103 --> 01:28:41,082 but one that's on my mind tonight's 1844 01:28:41,103 --> 01:28:44,183 about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. 1845 01:28:45,232 --> 01:28:47,152 She is a lot like the millions of others 1846 01:28:47,173 --> 01:28:49,173 who stood in line to make their voice heard 1847 01:28:49,192 --> 01:28:52,043 in this election, except for one thing, 1848 01:28:52,063 --> 01:28:54,242 Anne Nixon Cooper is 106 years old. 1849 01:28:56,183 --> 01:28:59,213 She was born just a generation past slavery, 1850 01:28:59,232 --> 01:29:02,133 when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons. 1851 01:29:02,152 --> 01:29:03,272 Because she was a woman 1852 01:29:04,053 --> 01:29:06,082 and because of the color of her skin. 1853 01:29:07,122 --> 01:29:10,072 And this year, in this election, 1854 01:29:10,093 --> 01:29:14,263 she touched her finger to a screen and cast her vote 1855 01:29:15,043 --> 01:29:18,093 because after 106 years in America, 1856 01:29:18,112 --> 01:29:21,063 through the best of times and the darkest of hours, 1857 01:29:21,082 --> 01:29:24,112 she knows how America can change. 1858 01:29:24,133 --> 01:29:27,103 -Yes, we can. -CROWD: Yes, we can! 1859 01:29:27,122 --> 01:29:30,053 OBAMA: America, we have come so far. 1860 01:29:30,072 --> 01:29:32,213 We have seen so much. 1861 01:29:32,232 --> 01:29:35,053 But there's so much more to do. 1862 01:29:35,072 --> 01:29:38,133 So, tonight, let us ask ourselves... 1863 01:29:38,152 --> 01:29:42,053 If our children should live to see the next century... 1864 01:29:42,272 --> 01:29:44,202 if my daughters should be so lucky 1865 01:29:44,223 --> 01:29:47,133 to live as long as Anne Nixon Cooper, 1866 01:29:48,103 --> 01:29:50,192 what change will they see? 1867 01:29:50,213 --> 01:29:52,263 What progress will we have made? 1868 01:29:54,082 --> 01:29:56,202 This is our chance to answer that call. 1869 01:29:57,202 --> 01:29:59,133 This is our moment. 1870 01:29:59,152 --> 01:30:02,133 This is our time to reclaim the American dream 1871 01:30:02,152 --> 01:30:05,063 and reaffirm that fundamental truth 1872 01:30:05,082 --> 01:30:07,143 that out of many, we are one. 1873 01:30:07,162 --> 01:30:09,162 That while we breathe, we hope. 1874 01:30:09,183 --> 01:30:12,183 And where we are met with cynicism and doubt, 1875 01:30:12,202 --> 01:30:15,122 and those who tell us that we can't, 1876 01:30:15,143 --> 01:30:17,213 we will respond with that timeless creed 1877 01:30:17,232 --> 01:30:20,082 that sums up the spirit of a people. 1878 01:30:21,043 --> 01:30:22,053 Yes, we can. 1879 01:30:22,072 --> 01:30:24,202 -CROWD: Yes, we can! -Thank you, God bless you, 1880 01:30:24,223 --> 01:30:27,162 and may God bless the United States of America. 1881 01:30:27,183 --> 01:30:32,232 -(CROWD CHEERING) -♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ 1882 01:30:44,122 --> 01:30:46,133 (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING) 1883 01:30:46,152 --> 01:30:48,143 -Oh wow! -(CROWD CHUCKLES) 1884 01:30:48,162 --> 01:30:51,242 -Nice, guys. Thank you. -(JOE BIDEN CHUCKLES) 1885 01:30:51,263 --> 01:30:54,173 Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much. 1886 01:30:55,242 --> 01:30:58,223 This morning, we woke up to more sobering news 1887 01:30:58,242 --> 01:31:00,253 about the state of our economy. 1888 01:31:00,272 --> 01:31:04,183 Now, the United States has only one government 1889 01:31:04,202 --> 01:31:07,082 and one president at a time. 1890 01:31:07,103 --> 01:31:09,202 And until January 20th of next year, 1891 01:31:09,223 --> 01:31:12,253 that government is the current administration. 1892 01:31:12,272 --> 01:31:15,112 I've spoken to President Bush. 1893 01:31:15,133 --> 01:31:17,162 I appreciate his commitment 1894 01:31:17,183 --> 01:31:20,082 to ensuring that his economic policy team 1895 01:31:20,103 --> 01:31:24,072 keeps us fully informed as developments unfold. 1896 01:31:24,253 --> 01:31:25,253 And I'm also thankful 1897 01:31:25,272 --> 01:31:28,043 for his invitation to The White House. 1898 01:31:28,063 --> 01:31:30,232 -(AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING) -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1899 01:31:30,253 --> 01:31:32,063 REPORTER: For almost two years now, 1900 01:31:32,082 --> 01:31:34,242 Barack Obama has been in campaign mode. 1901 01:31:34,263 --> 01:31:39,082 And suddenly overnight, everything has changed. 1902 01:31:39,103 --> 01:31:41,112 BARBARA WALTERS: Barack Obama will replace 1903 01:31:41,133 --> 01:31:44,263 one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history. 1904 01:31:45,043 --> 01:31:46,263 He will inherit two wars 1905 01:31:47,043 --> 01:31:49,063 -and an economic crisis not seen... -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1906 01:31:49,082 --> 01:31:50,202 ...since The Great Depression. 1907 01:31:50,223 --> 01:31:52,093 REPORTER 3: His first legislative goal 1908 01:31:52,112 --> 01:31:55,232 will be to get Congress to pass an economic stimulus package 1909 01:31:55,253 --> 01:31:59,053 that he hopes will create jobs and put money in the pockets 1910 01:31:59,072 --> 01:32:01,133 -of ordinary citizens. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER) 1911 01:32:01,152 --> 01:32:03,103 KROFT: Have there been moments when you've said, 1912 01:32:03,122 --> 01:32:06,072 -"What did I get myself into?" -(CHUCKLES) 1913 01:32:06,093 --> 01:32:12,043 You know, surprisingly enough, I feel, uh, right now that... 1914 01:32:13,043 --> 01:32:15,112 I'm- I'm doing what I should be doing. 1915 01:32:15,133 --> 01:32:17,213 (CROWD CHEERING) 1916 01:32:17,232 --> 01:32:20,202 OBAMA: I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear. 1917 01:32:20,223 --> 01:32:22,223 JOHN ROBERTS: That I will execute the office 1918 01:32:22,242 --> 01:32:25,082 of President to the United States faithfully. 1919 01:32:25,103 --> 01:32:27,133 LEWIS: The day when he was inaugurated, 1920 01:32:27,152 --> 01:32:30,232 I walked up to him and asked him to sign something. 1921 01:32:32,053 --> 01:32:35,152 He wrote on this piece of paper, 1922 01:32:35,173 --> 01:32:37,192 "It's all because of you, John." 1923 01:32:38,263 --> 01:32:40,263 I said, Well, thank you Mr. President. 1924 01:32:41,043 --> 01:32:43,223 He gave me a hug, I hugged him. 1925 01:32:43,242 --> 01:32:47,253 -And we both teared up. -(CROWD CHEERING) 1926 01:32:47,272 --> 01:32:50,263 WEST: Now, you've got a Black man in that White House 1927 01:32:51,043 --> 01:32:53,223 built primarily by Black slaves. 1928 01:32:53,242 --> 01:32:56,162 That's moment that, uh, I think all of us 1929 01:32:56,183 --> 01:32:58,272 of all colors would feel very, very deeply. 1930 01:32:59,053 --> 01:33:01,103 I'll never forget that as long as I live. 1931 01:33:01,122 --> 01:33:03,072 (CROWD CHEERING) 1932 01:33:03,093 --> 01:33:05,143 COATES: Rappers and basketball players. 1933 01:33:05,162 --> 01:33:09,183 That was the range in which Black men existed 1934 01:33:09,202 --> 01:33:11,192 in the pop culture for the most part. 1935 01:33:11,213 --> 01:33:13,072 That was it. 1936 01:33:13,093 --> 01:33:16,242 And so it was really something beautiful 1937 01:33:16,263 --> 01:33:19,133 about, you know, seeing something else. 1938 01:33:20,112 --> 01:33:22,152 This was Black Camelot. 1939 01:33:22,173 --> 01:33:27,053 How much more American could we get than this? 1940 01:33:27,072 --> 01:33:31,183 (CROWD CHEERING) 1941 01:33:31,202 --> 01:33:35,082 ALVIN LOVE: After the parade, he came back to The White House 1942 01:33:35,103 --> 01:33:38,072 for a meeting with several of us, 1943 01:33:38,093 --> 01:33:40,223 uh, who had been friends with him across the years. 1944 01:33:40,242 --> 01:33:43,213 And as he got ready to go, he grabbed me and he said, 1945 01:33:43,232 --> 01:33:46,162 "Rev, I'm in it now." 1946 01:33:46,183 --> 01:33:48,143 He said, "Pray for me." 1947 01:33:48,162 --> 01:33:54,253 ♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) ♪