August 22, 2024 - PBS News Hour full episode

Kamala Harris has reset the presidential race, but questions remain about whether one crucial Democratic voting bloc will turn out in similar numbers to previous years. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López spoke with several Black men about what Harris needs to do to win their votes.

In dozens of speeches this week, Democratic leaders have drawn a sharp contrast between how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump would govern. For context to some of what’s been said at the party’s convention in Chicago, Geoff Bennett speaks with PolitiFact’s Katie Sanders.

Kamala Harris is just hours away from making history as the first Black woman and first woman of Indian descent to accept a party’s nomination for president. Amna Nawaz speaks with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the first Indian-American woman in the House and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, about Harris’ historic nomination.

Georgia is one of a handful of states that could determine the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Geoff Bennett speaks with Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago for more.

Political parties traditionally don’t compete too much with each other’s conventions — usually the opposing presidential candidate holds few, if any, events. But this year, Trump’s campaign is rejecting that model, with the former president having one of his busiest schedules of the cycle during the Democratic convention. Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the Trump campaign’s plans.

Democrats are gearing up for their convention’s grand finale in Chicago on Thursday, when Vice President Kamala Harris will take the stage to speak as she accepts her party’s nomination for president. White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López joins Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz to discuss what’s on voters’ minds.

On the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept her party’s nomination for president and outline her vision for the country. Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, set the stage for her the night before as he introduced himself to the American people and accepted his nomination with Midwestern flair. Amna Nawaz reports.