Address best the democratic national convention. So that s a thing also a thing tonight will be former president barak obama, someone who will be familiar to many people in the room here, they will have seen him before, also former first lady michelle obama and the current second gentleman, doug emhoff, who is looking to move up or wrong on that land i m second so it was just a few hours ago that president biden delivered his speech, just after he walked up to that microphone. Actually, just before he was actually wiping appear hears this was an emotional moment morocco i spent my lifetime to serve as your president i love the job but i love my country more there was so much support for him, but also they are happy that he has handed the mantle over to kamala harris and you saw that there was also a heated attacks, of course, over and over again on donald trump with the sprinkle of selfdeprecating humor donald trump calls america failing nation no i m sorry think about this think about
One 130700 it is the top of the hour. I am brianna keilar in chicago for day two of the democratic national convention. Jenna, my good friend and colleague boris sanchez, is in washington. The torch has been passed from president biden to vice president kamala harris. And now the anticipation is building here at the united center. As democrats await speeches from two of the biggest stars in their party tonight, former president barak obama and former first lady michelle obama will be taking the stage, making the case for why americans should elect kamala harris, president harris will not be in attendance at the convention tonight. She is headed for the critical battleground state of wisconsin, which donald trump flip to his column in 2016 and joe biden flipped back in 2020 on the path to that all important threshold of 270 electoral votes, harris will be holding a rally and a dnc watch party tonight in milwaukee. Her husband, second gentleman, doug emhoff, will be speaking here in chic
That stage right behind me. We are told that barak obama and michelle obama will underscore just how high the stakes are heading into november while doug emhoff focuses on the personal side of his wife, kamala harris we ll also hear from senator bernie sanders and this might be a first donald trump s former press secretary, stephanie grisham, will speak in support of the woman trying to defeat the man she wants to work for as for the candidate herself, she will be nearly 100 miles north holding her own rally in milwaukee which we are told will be coordinated with the programming in this hall it comes on the heels of an emotional night with joe biden fighting back tears after a heartfelt introduction from his daughter, ashley and thousand chanting their thanks over and over again this entire arena, you can see it there on their feet after almost every speaker expressed gratitude for his leadership. And though no one said it outright for dropping out and endorsing kamala harris would lik
Good morning everybody. 8:00 in chicago and this was night one in the books and it was a late night, right? massive delays pushing president biden speech well past midnight as we say hello and good morning and a couple of hours in a cup of coffee. Was that all by design? we will figure it out today, i m told him. Welcome back to chicago. Dana: good morning, dana perino and this is america s newsroom. I got a note from my phone that said, you should be in bed you re going no. We are still here and i don t think it is by design. It went late and the democrats, nobody left until it was over. President biden has left for dnc for a long vacation in california as vice president harris to plot the path ahead. And some l. A. Seizing on the delays that pushed biden out a prime time. It was insulting to the outgoing president. The new york post have this headline and could have been his line too, past his bedtime. Bill: the president speaking 52 minutes and preached unity of the party that pushe
Colleague, ana cabrera. We are going to hear from some of the most prominent names in the democratic party including former president barack obama and michelle obama. A speech from president biden where he invoked a little humor as well. Her story is one of the best vice presidents, and she will be a president our children can look up to. And joining us now from chicago, nbc s mike memoli and andrea mitchell. Mike, as we look ahead to day two and night two, former president obama, we all recall he made his big debut 20 years ago at the democratic national convention and he s now making the case for kamala harris. What can we expect tonight? reporter: he will be speaking to a much more politicallyengaged audience, and he believes kamala harris and tim walz are the leaders this country needs now. He has a relationship with kamala harris going back 20 years, where they campaigned for one another. Harris endorsed obama in his 2008 campaign when many in california were supporting hillary cl