A live look inside the United Center here in Chicago, Illinois, where night two of the

Democratic National Convention is about to get underway featuring another US president, one who exploded

onto the national political stage on a Democratic National Convention stage two decades ago,

2004.

Hello and welcome to the lead.

I'm Jake Tapper here at the DNC

where excitement is building among delegates

for another big night of Democratic headliners,

including former President Barack Obama, his wife, former First Lady

Michelle Obama, and the man who wants to become the nation's first ever first gentleman,

Doug Emhoff, following our raucous and oftentimes

logistically challenged day one of the Convention of Salutes and Sendoffs and

emotional standoffs. I spend the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president.

From all this talk about how I'm angry at all those people who said I should step down. That's not true.

I love my country more and we need to preserve our democracy.

America, I gave my best to you. An emotional handoff of sorts.

Righten did not even start speaking until after 11 p.m. eastern his speech going until well

after midnight east coast time. Tonight we're gonna kick off our coverage at 7 p.m.

eastern a ceremonial roll call of the states will be held to

nominate Kamala Harris and as a tribute to President Biden, it will begin with his

beloved home state of Delaware, the small wonder state.

Vice President Harris and a running mate Governor Tim Walls of Minnesota are holding a rally

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