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(NewsNation) — The Democratic National Convention is conscionable days distant from kicking disconnected successful Chicago, and portion the signifier is set, the database of lawsuit speakers has yet to beryllium afloat unveiled.
The four-day normal starts Aug. 19, a period aft the decision of the 2024 Republican National Convention.
Vice President Kamala Harris became the official nominee of the Democratic Party connected Aug. 2 pursuing a virtual rotation telephone successful which she secured capable delegates to get the nomination. Harris has since announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her moving mate.
More than 50,000 attendees are expected to sojourn Chicago, with astatine slightest 5,000 delegates expected successful attendance.
Convention organizers person a batch to acceptable successful the premier clip of the 4 days successful summation to the statesmanlike and vice statesmanlike information acceptance addresses.
Here's what we cognize truthful acold astir who is taking the signifier astatine the DNC:
Monday, Aug. 19
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 01: U.S. President Joe Biden answers reporters' questions aft announcing the merchandise of prisoners freed by Russia, including Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, successful the East Room astatine the White House connected August 01, 2024 successful Washington, DC. The two, on with Alsu Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian national and Radio Free Europe journalist, Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Washington Post columnist, and others were released successful a captive speech with Russia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)President Joe Biden: Set to header the archetypal nighttime of the 2024 DNC, President Joe Biden is scheduled to springiness a code touting his narration and accomplishments with Harris.
The code is acceptable to beryllium the centerpiece of the Aug. 19 programming.
Convention organizers were pressed for clip trying to fig retired wherever to acceptable successful a Biden code erstwhile helium withdrew from the statesmanlike contention conscionable weeks before.
Up until that moment, Biden's relation was to wrapper up the normal with his information acceptance speech on Aug. 22.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks astatine Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs connected March 28, 2024 successful New York City. (Photo by Shahar Azran/Getty Images)Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Former archetypal woman and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is besides scheduled to talk connected Monday.
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Former US President Barack Obama leaves aft a courtesy sojourn to 10 Downing Street successful London, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Former President Barack Obama: The New York Times reported that erstwhile President Barack Obama volition header Tuesday night.
FILE - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker participates successful a statement with Republican gubernatorial challenger, authorities Sen. Darren Bailey, astatine the WGN9 studios, Oct. 18, 2022, successful Chicago. Crisis gestation centers, which often popular up adjacent termination facilities to connection accusation astir alternatives to the procedure, look penalties if they disseminate misleading oregon untruthful accusation aft enactment by Pritzker connected Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker: As the DNC takes spot successful Chicago, it's expected that Illinois' politician would be the event. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is besides expected to code delegates astatine the convention, but the clip astatine which helium volition talk has yet to beryllium confirmed.
Wednesday, Aug. 21
EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 07: Democratic vice statesmanlike candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks astatine a run rally wherever helium appeared with his moving mate Vice President Kamala Harris connected August 7, 2024 successful Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Later contiguous they are scheduled to big a rally successful Michigan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Vice statesmanlike nominee Gov. Tim Walz: It's a contented that the vice statesmanlike prime gives their acceptance code arsenic the Wednesday headliner. Walz volition travel a code by erstwhile President Bill Clinton.
FILE - Former President Bill Clinton speaks astatine the 92nd Street Y, successful New York, May 4, 2023. Social media is abuzz with quality that a justice is astir to merchandise a database of "clients," oregon "associates" oregon possibly "co-conspirators," of Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself successful 2019 portion awaiting proceedings connected enactment trafficking charges. While immoderate antecedently sealed tribunal records are so being made public, the large bulk of the radical whose names look successful those documents are not accused of immoderate wrongdoing. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)Former President Bill Clinton: As a precursor to Walz's vice statesmanlike information acceptance speech, Bill Clinton is expected to code the system nether Biden, Axios reported. He has often been regarded arsenic 1 of the amended "setup speakers," the study said.
Thursday, Aug. 22
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 10: Democratic statesmanlike candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a run rally with Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Minnesota Governor Tim Walz astatine the University of Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center connected August 10, 2024 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. Kamala Harris and her recently selected moving mate Tim Walz are campaigning crossed the state this week. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Vice President Kamala Harris: Closing retired the DNC, Harris volition formally judge the Democratic Party’s information Thursday evening.
Harris volition beryllium marked successful past arsenic the archetypal Black pistillate and archetypal Indian American to judge a party's nomination, NBC News reported.
FILE - Doug Emhoff, the hubby of Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during a reception to observe the Jewish caller twelvemonth successful the East Room of the White House successful Washington, Sept. 30, 2022. The White House says Emhoff volition big Jewish leaders for a treatment astir a emergence successful antisemitism and efforts to combat hatred successful the United States. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Second gentleman Doug Emhoff: Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, is expected to springiness a code astatine this year's DNC. It has been reported that helium volition present Harris up of her acceptance speech.
Who other volition talk astatine the DNC?
FILE - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, addresses a crowd, June 28, 2023, astatine the Old Post Office successful Chicago. Chicago won't renew its declaration for a arguable gunshot detection strategy and extremity the usage of ShotSpotter exertion aboriginal this year, Mayor Johnson’s bureau announced Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a proceeding of the Senate Appropriations Committee connected President Biden's supplemental backing petition for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, connected Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE - Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks astir a measure to found national protections for IVF during a property lawsuit connected Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2024, successful Washington. Senate Democrats are making a renewed propulsion to amusement their enactment for ensuring nationwide entree to successful vitro fertilization. Duckworth, who has utilized the fertility attraction to person her 2 children, released the authorities Monday, June 3, 2024, portion of an election-year effort to spotlight Republican absorption to protecting reproductive care. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 7: DPCC Co-Chair Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., speaks during a quality league astatine the House Democrats 2024 Issues Conference successful Leesburg, Va., connected Wednesday, February 7, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Jason Carter, grandson of erstwhile US President Jimmy Carter, speaks during a tribute work for erstwhile US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, astatine Glenn Memorial Church successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected November 28, 2023. Carter died connected November 19, aged 96, conscionable 2 days aft joining her hubby successful hospice attraction astatine their location successful Plains. (Photo by Brynn Anderson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BRYNN ANDERSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
There are respective different radical who person been confirmed to talk astatine this year's DNC. However, the committee has not yet acceptable authoritative times.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood are besides among those who person been confirmed arsenic lawsuit speakers, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
In grant of erstwhile President Jimmy Carter, his grandson, Jason Carter, is besides slated to talk astatine the convention, NBC News reported.
