Park, my mother would say, stay close.

But my father would say, as he smiled, run, Kamala, run, don't be afraid, don't let anything stop you.

And with this election, our nation, our nation with this election, has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past

the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past, a chance to chart a new way forward.

We know, and we know what a second Trump term would look like.

It's all laid out in Project 2025, written by his closest advisors, and its sum total is to pull our country back to the past.

But America, we are not going back.

We are not going back.

We are not going back.

That was just a small sample of the speech last night from Vice President Kamala Harris,

as she accepted her party's nomination for President of the United States.

We'll have much, much more of her address to America just ahead, along with the other big moments from the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

And while the vice president was center stage here in Chicago, Donald Trump was melting down on his social media platform.

We'll go through a few of his angry posts.

Music form. We'll go through a few of his angry posts. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Friday, August 23rd. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting

your day with us as we look at some of the balloons that are still on stage here at the United

Center for the morning local time, just a handful of hours after Vice President Harris

officially accepting her party's nomination for president. And that, of course, is where we will

begin this morning with the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention here

in Chicago. With the United Center at full capacity, Kamala Harris delivered a powerful

acceptance speech. She then celebrated on stage alongside her running mate Tim Walls and their

spouses during that traditional

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