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LIVE BLOG: Hillary Clinton Accepts Democratic Nomination

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Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president Thursday night with a message stressing the need to unite in order to confront the nation's challenges. "It truly is up to us," she said.

Khan says they are patriotic Americans Muslims with undivided loyalty to our country.

Many in the arena are crying and chanting "U.S.A.!"

Khizr Khan speaks to those in the arena about his son.

Khan who is with his wife, speaks to the delegates about his son.

The crowd is giving the couple a standing ovation and cheering.

Khan's mother and father are visibly moved.

Abdul-Jabar says, "Today's so-called 'religious freedom' acts, like the one signed by Gov. Mike Pence in Indiana, are the opposite of what Jefferson wanted: they are meant to allow discrimination."

He introduces a video, narrated by Hillary Clinton, about Humayun S. M. Khan, a University of Virginia graduate who enlisted in the U.S. Army. Khan was one of 14 American Muslims who died serving the United States in the ten years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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