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What to expect on Night 2 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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As Democrats kick off the second night of their national convention in Chicago, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are campaigning at the same Milwaukee venue where Donald Trump was named the GOP presidential nominee last month. The DNC's theme on Tuesday will contrast a Harris presidency with another Trump term, focusing on Project 2025. Laura Barrón-López joins Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett to discuss. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

In fact, Amna and Jeff Harrison Wals are at the same venue in Milwaukee tonight, where Donald

0:06.6

Trump was named the Republican presidential nominee for the third time.

0:12.3

And night two, here in Chicago,

0:15.0

the theme here is going to be setting up a contrast

0:18.0

between a Harris presidency,

0:20.0

what that will look like,

0:22.0

and what a second Trump term would look like with Democrats focusing

0:26.4

heavily on Project 2025.

0:29.6

Laura, take us back to that speech by President Biden.

0:32.8

You mentioned the top of your report there.

0:34.6

You were on the convention floor there among all the delegates.

0:37.6

What was the reaction as he was addressing the crowd?

0:40.7

Well, it really was a thunderous reaction on the here on the floor and there were a lot of

0:46.0

signs that said thank you Joe we love you Joe a source close to the president that was

0:51.8

here in the arena said that they were frankly

0:53.9

stunned by the reception that president Biden received last night and

0:57.7

President Biden really wanted to make clear that he is in this fight that he

1:01.8

doesn't really harbor any bad feelings about what happened

1:05.6

in the last month that led to him dropping out of the race, and that he wants to be on the trail

1:09.9

for Harris.

1:11.2

And some of the sources close to Biden believe that he could be most

1:14.3

effective in districts where he is popular in swing states and where he can help

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