And mobilizing the next generation as day one of the democratic national convention in chicago. And just hours from now, this building will be filled with delegates and political heavyweights it s rallying around. Vice president kamala harris, jim the teeth theme today is for the people at the party will highlight the stark differences between how democrats and former president donald trump view america president biden will deliver the keynote address tonight where he is expected to call out his predecessor by name. Also speaking tonight, chicago mayor brandon johnson, jill biden, and former first lady hillary clinton, will be on that stage. Alright, welcome to a very special edition of the cnn newsroom. From chicago. I m jim acosta, and i m abby philip and we have a full team coverage here at the convention as the harris campaign looks to capitalize on their momentum in this moment in polling and in fundraising, coming up this hour, los angeles mayor karen bass also, michigan senator
Portion of that money all when he d 808 59, 2,400. That s when 808, 59, 2,400 hello again. Everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. I m fredricka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleague jim sciutto in tel aviv. We ll get to you in a moment jim but first right now, vice president kamala harris is on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. The democratic presidential nominee is taking a bus tour in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. There they re west, the western part of the state. And this really is the first time these candidates, kamala harris and her running mate tim walz some their spouses are appearing to gather on this bus tour here in pennsylvania. She by the way, is riding a wave of momentum new national polls out today shows harris taking the lead over republican donald trump for the very first time since she announced her candidacy, just a month ago. Tonight, harris will be heading to chicago, where the democratic national convention begins tomorrow. It will featu
You are in the cnn newsroom. Hi, everyone. I m jessica dean in the cargo with cnn special coverage of the democratic national convention and the stage is set you re in chicago where less than 24 hours away from the opening? the 2024 democratic national convention vice president kamala harris is ascension to the top of the ticket, making this a dramatically different events from what we were expecting. Just a month ago. So let s take a look at this week s scheduled opening night will feature the man many thought would be accepting this nomination. President joe biden former president in the brock obama, headlining tuesday night on wednesday, governor tim walz delivering his vice presidential acceptance speech. And it s all building up to thursday night when vice president kamala harris will accept the democratic nomination for president. A party that was struggling to gain any momentum will be going into this convention week with the wind at their backs, we have new polling from washing
Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia. Think about it one month ago today. Donald trump looked invincible hed had a successful debate against president biden, survived an assassination attempt. He was presiding over a unified and wellchoreographed republican convention in wisconsin and all the polls were in his favor a New York Times Sienna Poll found that trump was leading biden in five of six Battleground States James Carville earned the wrath of some in his party when he wrote in the New York Times, the jig is up and the sooner mr. Biden and democratic leaders accept this, the better we need to move forward. David axelrod said that biden was more likely to lose in a landslide, then when it all for three nights, trump sat pensively speaking little and watching the rnc when hes spoken the final night, victory seemed assured and then came Kamala Harris and trump reverted to the mean the real mean. He called the Vice President a bum said that she was evil, called her crazy, stupid an in
Outfront next, the battle over the economy heats up. Vice president Kamala Harris outlining her economic vision. A plan that she says, well bring down the cost of food, housing and raising children do her, proposals add up . Plus the headtoad debate, Harris And Trump now both gearing up to debate and were learning new details about their preparations, including The Onetime democrat whos helping Donald Trump and disturbing Details Tonight about just how ketamine, how much Ketamine Matthew Perry was being given before he overdosed as his family speaks out, lets go out for good evening. Im Sara Sidner in for Erin Burnett out front tonight. Breaking news, Harris And Trump face off over the economy today. The Vice President outlining her economic agenda, Kamala Harris traveling to the Battleground States you have North Carolina for her first major policy speech. One in which she laid out her plans to bring down the costs for everyday american families later in college, i worked at mcdonalds