Kamala Harris accepts her party's nomination | Recap of the DNC night 4

I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America from loyal vice president to top of the ticket vice president kamla Harris delivering the most important speech of political career and cementing her place in history this celebratory scene the exclamation mark on what has been quite a week for Democrats in Chicago it's Thursday night in the big story on Action News is kamla Harris now officially the Democratic candidate for president formerly accepting her party's nomination on this fourth and final night of the DNC and now election day less than two and a half months away reporter Liz Nagi from our sister station WLS has been covering the Democratic National Convention for us this week she's live once more with a look at tonight's closing events and Liz lots of excitement and energy on this final night Rick so much excitement and energy that the United Center was actually at capacity tonight Vice president Harris rode the energy of this week straight into nomination night that frankly came together in a matter of weeks tonight the vice president made something of a courtroom argument for herself directly taking on her opponent and arguing her case for president vice president kamla Harris stepped onto the stage of her career by just being here the first black and South Asian woman to top a party ticket is already part of History Harris's Roots she says are what brought her here my mother was 19 when she crossed the world alone traveling from India to California my father would say as he smiled run kamla run Don't Be Afraid don't let anything stop you a child of immigrants haris spoke of her middle class upbringing and what that means for her vision for Americans she taught us to never complain about Injustice but do something about it do something about it densely packed into the arena the crowd vacillated between thunderous vibration and silence hanging on vice president Harris's presidential pitch when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive Freedom as president of the United States I will proudly sign it into law Harris's campaign is Reaching Across the aisle trying to Wrangle still undecided and disaffected voters as a conservative and a veteran I believe true strength lies in defending the vulnerable it's in protecting your family it's in standing up for our Constitution and our democracy outside the arena dissent surrounded Democrats Pro Palestinian protesters marched through the streets of Chicago demanding a ceasefire in Gaza for the fifth straight night now when the balloons settle kamla Harris the prosecutor turned Presidential nominee officially Begins the fight for her life oh Harris did speak in some detail tonight on policies like Reproductive Rights and National Security now as she heads out onto the campaign Trail she and Governor walls will have to explain their position on those policies in great detail to voters over the next 75 days we're live at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago tonight Liz Nei Channel 6 Action News Rick all right Liz thank you for your coverage all week long we appreciate it