Tonight Kamala Harris hitting the campaign trail as Barack and Michelle Obama

make the case for her here at the Democratic National Convention.

The former president and former first lady headlining night two of the DNC while Vice President Harris and

running mate Tim Walls hold a rally nearby in battleground Wisconsin.

It comes after President Biden passed the torch to Harris last night.

Less than a month after exiting the race

his emotional speech.

And the Republican ticket, Donald Trump and

J.D. Vance making their own Midwest battleground blitz as the former president prepares

to hold his first outdoor event since he attempt on his life behind bulletproof glass.

Also tonight the Israeli military saying it's recovered the bodies of six

hostages in Gaza as the latest US-backed ceasefire proposal hangs in the

balance. The fiery plane crash in Texas causing homes and buildings to erupt in flames.

At least two people kill what investigators are saying.

The difficult search after that luxury yacht sank off Italy new details on the six people missing

including a British tech mogul and two Americans.

This is NBC Nightly News.

Reporting tonight from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, here is

Lester Holt. Good evening and welcome from Chicago. Perhaps no one in the

Democratic Party can generate more excitement

than the man who made history is the first African American president and that is

why Barack Obama elected 16 years ago will deliver a much anticipated address here on day two of

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