What to know about the Democratic National Convention so far
- Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party's nomination on the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention, making her the first Black and South Asian woman named a major-party presidential nominee.
- In her remarks, Harris praised President Joe Biden before she talked about her upbringing, professional career and policy proposals, in addition to laying into former President Donald Trump.
- Harris' speech closes out a convention that has featured speakers such as Biden, former President Bill Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, media mogul Oprah Winfrey in a surprise appearance, and the vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
- Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, held counterprogramming events today. Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona as his campaign tries to paint Democrats as weak on border security, while Vance spoke about the same issue in Georgia.
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Steve Kornacki breaks down the state of the race with 75 days to go
Election Day is 75 days away, and Steve Kornacki breaks down the state of the race.
Harris feeling 'great' after speech: 'Now onto tomorrow'
Harris told NBC News that she's feeling great after her big speech but is looking ahead to the next stage of her campaign.
"I feel good," she said. "Now onto tomorrow."
She added that in the moment, "it felt great, it felt good," but "we’ve got 75 days to go, so maybe for better and for worse, that’s the way I am. Like, that was good, now we gotta move on."
Would Trump ban abortion and hire an 'anti-abortion coordinator'?
Statement
“He and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion and enact a nationwide abortion ban, with or without Congress. And get this. He plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. Simply put, they are out of their minds.”
Verdict
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Analysis
Trump has waffled frequently on the issues surrounding abortion. He supported a 20-week abortion ban as president but now says he doesn't support a federal ban. He has boasted of paving the way for Roe v. Wade to be overturned and says he believes abortion should be left to the states, but he has also seemed to criticize the six-week abortion bans some states have enacted. He expressed openness to contraception limits but walked it back shortly thereafter. He hasn't embraced medication abortion limits or pitched a coordinator and increased monitoring on abortions.
Trump's allies, however, have advanced those positions. His running mate, Sen. JD Vance, has said abortion should be illegal, while the 900-page policy wish list Project 2025, which counts many former Trump advisers as authors, pitches banning medication abortions, increasing oversight on abortions and appointing a "special representative" focused on abortion issues.
So while Trump has disavowed Project 2025 and has currently sought to stake a slightly more moderate view on abortion issues than some of his allies, the document's deep ties to his allies and the Heritage Foundation’s historic influence with the Trump administration suggest the ideas in it are hardly moot.
Protesters leave Union Park as one is taken into police custody
A few dozen protesters who remained at Union Park after the march bolted into traffic after a person was taken into police custody.
The man police apprehended had been waving a large black flag throughout the protest, and he defied police orders by continuing to do so in the street after the march concluded.
As the protesters sprinted from the park, some delegates and attendees of the convention were exiting the United Center by car and on foot. Some of the protesters began verbally confronting some of the convention attendees.
At one point, the group yelled “shame, shame, shame,” and people leaving the convention were still holding signs.
Harris' acceptance speech among the shortest
Harris spoke for just over 37 minutes tonight, making her acceptance speech one of the shortest in modern history.
The record for shortest speech was set in 1972 by George McGovern, who spoke for just under 22 minutes.
By comparison, Trump spoke for 93 minutes at the Republican convention in the longest presidential nominee acceptance speech, beating his own record in 2016.
Trump says he doesn't want to see Project 2025
After Democrats repeatedly highlighted Project 2025 as a blueprint for a second Trump term, he again disavowed the plan in a Fox News interview tonight.
"I don't want to see it," he said of Project 2025.
Trump and his campaign have disavowed Project 2025, though it was written by several allies and former Trump administration officials.
Statement
“He and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion and enact a nationwide abortion ban, with or without Congress. And get this. He plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. Simply put, they are out of their minds.”
He also argued tonight that the bipartisan border bill he worked to tank this year was "horrible" after Democrats repeatedly drew attention to his efforts to torpedo it.
"It was a horrible bill. It was a joke," Trump said.
Democrats have argued that Trump helped kill the bill so he could continue campaigning on border security issues heading into November.
Police issue formal dispersal order to protesters at Union Park
Police in riot gear have moved in to reinforce the police line and were in an organized formation as a breakaway protest group tried to leave Union Park.
Police also issued a formal dispersal order on a megaphone.
Among the remaining protesters, there were a person playing an electric guitar in rhythm with some of the chants and another person dressed as a wizard.
After a brief standoff with police — which included the formal dispersal order — most of the protesters retreated back into the park.
Trump says United Auto Workers should be 'ashamed' of themselves
Trump said in an interview on Fox News that "the United Auto Workers ought to be ashamed of themselves."
The union has endorsed Harris, and its president, Shawn Fain, spoke at the convention Monday.
"They sold the workers down the tubes," he argued.
Watch Kamala Harris’ full remarks at the DNC
Harris outlined a vision for America to write the "next chapter" in a speech that warned against Trump and offered optimism for the future.
Harris gives Israel full-throated support to defend itself
Harris said she and Biden are working around the clock to get a "hostage deal and a cease-fire deal done."
"Let me be clear, I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself, and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on Oct. 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival. At the same time, what has happened in Gaza over the past 10 months is devastating," she said.
It was a full-throated defense of Israel's right to defend itself in the face of calls from some in the Democratic Party to break with Biden.
"So many innocent lives lost. Desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking," she continued. "President Biden and I are working to end this war such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination."