Welcome to a very special edition of Meet the Press Now. I am Kristen Welker live from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

It is opening day of a convention that has been dramatically reimagined to reintroduce Vice President Kamala Harris to the

nation less than a month after President Biden withdrew from the race.

President Biden who arrived in Chicago just moments ago takes the stage tonight to tout his record,

and to pass the torch to the party's new nominee.

It will be one of the President's final legacy-defining moments as campaign officials and attendees look for him

to end one era and usher in another.

I think we're going to hear from him tonight to both celebrate the work he's done and also pass the torch to

Kamla Harris and it's time folks are ready folks are fired up.

We've laid a great foundation for not just a successful convention but for a campaign that is going to move

Kamala Harris and Tim Walsh forward as our next president, vice president.

It was a statesman who came off the sideline four years ago to beat the worst president in the history of the United States. the who will pass the baton on to Vice President Kamala Harris to continue to

put this country first.

Also speaking tonight Democrats from across the party's ideological spectrum and

eras and this first night of the convention kicks off as recent polls show

Harris gaining momentum. A new Washington Post ABC News poll has her ahead of Donald Trump by

four points nationwide. That's within the margin of error. And battleground

polls from the New York Times, Siena, have heart narrowly leading in Arizona

in North Carolina and narrowly trailing have heart narrowly leading in Arizona and

narrowly trailing in Georgia and Nevada all within the margin of error.

But while party leaders attempt to project a sense of unity

there is a reminder of divisions within the party just a half a mile

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