Hello, and not my stay. It is 4 p.m. In New York City, I'm John Heilman,

in for Nicole Wallace on a day where history has been made.

The Harris campaign announcing today that the Vice President has secured the Democratic presidential nomination,

making her the first black woman to be at the top of the

ticket for a major party as presidential nominee. The results won't be

official until the roll call closes on Monday but this afternoon Harris crossed the delegate

threshold to clinch the nomination during a virtual roll call. She dialed in to a

campaign call shortly after that moment and here is what she said.

Here's the bottom line. I say to all the friends on the call,

we are going to win this election and it is going to take all of us whether it is making calls

connecting with our communities engaging online or even talking with people where

we go every day whether it be to the grocery store or

our church we are going to talk with people about the fact that we are all in

this together and we stand together and so let's let folks know that our campaign

is about the future and it's about an expansion of rights and freedoms and for the

opportunity of everyone to not just get by but to get ahead.

Harris will accept the nomination in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention in just

under three weeks.

President Joe Biden reacting to the news, posted this photo, the two of

them together and tweeted, quote, one of the best decisions I've made was picking

Kamala Harris as my vice president. Now she will be our party's nominee.

I couldn't be prouder, let's win this.

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