11:07 PM EST — And as Michelle Obama bids good night to the delegates in Charlotte, I will do so as well. This concludes our coverage for today’s events at the DNC! Be sure to come back to https://www.nyunews.com tomorrow for coverage of tomorrow’s big events, including a speech from former President Bill Clinton. Until then, I’m Charlie Spector wishing all of our viewers a pleasant evening!
11:03 PM EST –“I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady, not just as a wife. At the end of the day, my most important title is still mom-in-chief.” –First Lady Michelle Obama
11:00 PM EST — “Change is slow and it never comes all at once, but eventually we get there.” –First Lady Michelle Obama
10:58 PM EST — “For Barack, there is no such thing as ‘us’ and ‘them’.” –First Lady Michelle Obama
10:55 PM EST — “He [President Obama] believes that when you go through the door of opportunity, you don’t slam it shut behind you.” –First Lady Michelle Obama
10:46 PM EST — “Even if you don’t start out with much, if you work hard, then you should be able to get a better life for your kids and an even better life for your grandkids.” –First Lady Michelle Obama
10:39 PM EST — First Lady Michelle Obama takes the stage.
10:36 PM EST — Ohio military mom Elaine Brye takes the stage to introduce First Lady Michelle Obama.
10:31 PM EST — Fun fact: Julian Castro was the first Latino keynote speaker in DNC history.
10:29 PM EST — VIDEO: “Americans Coming Together”
10:28 PM EST — “With the opportunity that we have today and will share tomorrow, America will prevail.” –Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
10:13 PM EST — “No matter who you are or where you come from, the way [in America] is always forward.” –Julian Castro, Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
9:57 PM EST — “Let’s go tell everyone we meet that when the American Dream is on the line, we want Barack Obama in charge.” –Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA)
9:52 PM EST — “It’s time for Democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what they believe in.” –Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA)
9:46 PM EST — Deval Patrick–Mitt Romney’s sucessor as Governor of Massachusetts–takes the stage.
9:44 PM EST — “When we lose 23 cents…what [else] we lose cannot be measured.” –Lilly Ledbetter
9:42 PM EST — “It says something about [President Obama’s] priorities that the first bill for fair pay has my name on it…” –Lilly Ledbetter
9:40 PM EST — Lilly Ledbetter–the namesake of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2012–takes the stage.
9:38 PM EST — Yet another video: “Stronger Together: Fair Pay”
9:33 PM EST — Maya Soetoro-Ng (Barack Obama’s half-sister) and Craig Robinson (Michelle Obama’s brother) take the stage.
9:29 PM EST — “This isn’t over. I’m gonna need you to keep fighting. I’m gonna need young people to keep fighting. That’s why we’re here.” –Kal Penn, Actor and Former Associate Director for White House Relations
9:25 PM EST — “The person who takes the oath of office in the next 4 months will not just shape the next 4 years, but the next 40 years of this nation.” –Rahm Emanuel.
9:21 PM EST — “The American auto industry is not just surviving, it’s thriving.” –Rahm Emanuel
9:17 PM EST — Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel takes the stage.
9:06 PM EST — Apologies again for the gap folks, the technical difficulties still persist. Now that these additional difficulties are resolved, we’ll return to our coverage as Former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland speaks to delegates in Charlotte.
8:40 PM EST — “Barack Obama will never ignore our troops–he will fight for them.” –Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
8:35 PM EST — Nate Davis, Director of Veterans Affairs at Xavier University, takes the stage.
8:32 PM EST — Yet another video: “Progress for People”
8:29 PM EST — “Women in America cannot trust Mitt Romney.” –Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL
8:22 PM EST — “We believe that rape is rape.” –Nancy Keenan, President, NARAL
8:21 PM EST — “The America I love is a place where–when we say freedom–they say my freedom to make decisions about my life.” –Colorado housewife Maria Ciano
8:20 PM EST — Another video: “Stronger Together”
8:19 PM EST — “We’re a diverse country and we’re one country.” –Congressman Jared Polis
8:15 PM EST — Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) is now taking the stage.
8:10 PM EST — Sorry about the delay, folks. We had some technical difficulties on our end that were resolved. We now return you to Representative R.T. Bayak (D-MN) and our regularly scheduled programming.
7:48 PM EST — A video tribute to the late Senator Kennedy is now underway.
7:46 PM EST — Mr. Kennedy is now commencing a tribute to his uncle, the late Massachusetts Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy.
7:45 PM EST — Joseph V. Kennedy III (D-MA) is now taking the stage.
7:40 PM EST — “[Mitt Romney] hasn’t walked in the shoes of most Americans.” –The Honorable Ken Salazar.
7:37 PM EST — The Honorable Ken Salazar is now taking the stage.
7:35 PM EST — “It’s up to all of us to understand what’s at stake and at risk in this election.” –Former President Jimmy Carter
7:33 PM EST — Former President Jimmy Carter endorses President Obama via prerecorded video message.
7:32 PM EST — Nancy Pelosi and the female Representatives are now leaving the stage.
7:25 PM EST — “No victim of domestic violence should feel unprotected in America.” –Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI)
7:18 PM EST — Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes the stage with the women of the House of Representatives.
7:15 PM EST — Another video: “An Economy Built to Last”
7:12 PM EST — “Never in modern American history has a man hidden so much from the people that he wants to serve.”
7:08 PM EST — “Taxpayers will never again be on the hook for Wall Street’s risky bets.” — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
7:06 PM EST — “[President Obama] is a man who pulled our economy back from the brink.”
7:04 PM EST — “Nearly half a century ago, when cities across the South tried to desegregate schools, Charlotte teens came together.”
7:03 PM EST — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx is now taking the stage.
6:55 PM EST — Former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine is now taking the stage.
6:50 PM EST — Cincinnati firefighter Doug Stern is now taking the stage.
6:44 PM EST — Governor Pat Quinn (D-IL) is now taking the stage.
6:39 PM EST — Rep. Gonzalez introduces Representative Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY).
6:38 PM EST — “We worked for the American Dream, now we have to vote for the American Dream.”
6:34 PM EST — “We prosper when our neighbors are empowered; when they are equipped to give back to this country.”
6:30 PM EST — Representative Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) is now taking the stage to discuss various achievements among the Hispanic community, including the appointment of Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
6:25 PM EST — As Mr. Case leaves, Mary Kay Henry of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) takes the stage.
6:23 PM EST — Ryan Case (the gentleman from the aforementioned health care video) is now taking the stage.
6:20 PM EST — Gov. Perdue leaves the stages to a solid round of applause a short video on health care plays.
6:16 PM EST — “A growing middle class is simply the foundation for a strong America.”
6:14 PM EST — Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue (D-NC) takes the stage.
6:13 PM EST — The platform is near-unanimously adopted.
6:12 PM EST — Delegates are now chanting, “Cory! Cory! Cory!”
6:10 PM EST — After a rousing speech, Cory Booker moves to adopt the DNC platform.
6:09 PM EST — The delegates in Charlotte give a rousing standing ovation to Cory Booker.
6:07 PM EST — “Our nation cannot commit to being the world’s #1 economy if it cannot be its #1 educator.”
6:04 PM EST — The crowd is now engaging in chants of “U-S-A!” “U-S-A!”
6:03 PM EST — “Being asked to pay your fair share isn’t class warfare–it’s patriotism.” –Corey Booker.
6:00 PM EST — Newark (NJ) Mayor Cory Booker is now taking the stage.
5:56 PM EST — A video on the alternative energy industry is now underway.
5:53 PM EST — “I am proud to be here, proud to be an American, and proud to be a Democrat.” –Lt. General Claudia Kennedy (Ret.)
5:43 PM EST — DNC Secretary Alice Germond is now taking roll of all 56 delegations (comprised of 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 5 additional U.S. territories.)
5:42 PM EST — Andy Tobias discusses the progression of the career and private life of Barney Frank in the wake of increasingly progressive attitudes towards LGBTQ rights.
5:40 PM EST — DNC Treasuer Andy Tobias: “The economy has done significantly better under Democrats–and so have investors.”
5:38 PM EST — Proxy voting is officially prohibited by Stanley Hoyer.
5:35 PM EST — House Minority Whip Stanley Hoyer will now take the stage to go over the rules of the convention.
5:33 PM EST — Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been formally named as the permanent chair of the Democratic National Convention.
5:32 PM EST — Judy Hines (D-IA) will serve as official timekeeper of the DNC.
5:31 PM EST — Chairwoman Schultz names House Minority Whip Stanley Hoyer, Helen McFadden, Michael Coleman, Costanza Bucks, Josh Perez, and Mina Shaw to additional posts as convention officers.
5:30 PM EST — The motion to adopt the rules of the Rules Committee are also near-unanimously adopted.
5:28 PM EST — Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD) and Attorney General Kamala Harris (D-CA) discuss the benefits of the Rules Committee.
5:27 PM EST — The motion is near-unanimously adopted.
5:26 PM EST — The co-chair officially moves to adopt the Credentials Committee report.
5:25 PM EST — “Ours is the party of inclusion; the party of understanding.”
5:22 PM EST — “Today, there is only one person with the plan to return to posterity, President Barack Obama!” –the co-chair, receiving thunderous applause for this comment.
5:21 PM EST — The co-chair of the DNC Credentials Committee is currently on stage.
5:20 PM EST — The video concludes with various repetitions of the DNC’s motto, “We Make It Possible”.
5:18 PM EST — A short video expressing the progressive features of Charlotte is now in progress.
5:16 PM EST — “As important as what you witness here in Charlotte [is] what you do after you leave here.”
5:15 PM EST — “Thanks to the innovative use of the digital media, Americans can participate in everything we do.”
5:13 PM EST — Steven J. Kerrigan officially welcomes the delegates to Charlotte and thanks the volunteers who helped to prepare Charlotte for the convention.
5:12 PM EST– Amber Riley and the Honor Guard have left the stage.
5:11 PM EST — Amber Riley–better known as “Mercedes” on the hit television show “Glee”–will now sing “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
5:10 PM EST — The W.R. O’Dell Elementary School choir is now leading the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
5:09 PM EST — The nation’s colors are now being presented by the Stanley County (NC) Chapter 12 Honor Guard.
5:08 PM EST — The convocation concludes to a solid round of applause from the delegates in Charlotte’s Time Warner Cable Arena.
5:05 PM EST — The inaugural convocation of the DNC is underway.
5:03 PM EST — Chairperson Schultz is now going over the procedures for officially nominating a candidate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States.
5:00 PM EDT — As Chairperson Deborah Wasserman Schultz welcomes the delegates, so does the Washington Square News to its live coverage of the Democratic National Convention, streaming directly from Charlotte, North Carolina! My name is Charlie Spector, and it’s a pleasure to have you on board for our coverage!
