Good evening I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

Here at the Democratic National Convention leading Democrats make the case for a Kamala Harris presidency

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with updated vaccines expected this fall. Welcome to the news hour. Former President Barack Obama is set to headline the second night of the Democratic National Convention

here in his political hometown of Chicago.

Mr. Obama will speak in support of Kamala Harris, the party's newly minted standard-bearer, delivering what a campaign

official says will be a forceful affirmation that Harris is the right leader for the moment.

The former president's appearance comes one night after the sitting president, Joe Biden,

delivered a fiery speech in defense of his decision to step aside and in support of Harris.

Laura Barone Lopez has been watching it all closely and she's on the convention floor now.

Laura.

Jeff and Amna, the first night of the DNC began to tell the story of Kamala Harris.

But it was also a moment for the party to mark those who came before her and created this pathway for her to ultimately rise and to chart a new pathway for Democrats.

I would like to introduce my father, your 46 president of the United States, Joe Biden.

President Biden took the stage with an embrace from his daughter Ashley,

wiping a tear from his eye as delegates and attendees did the same.

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