Oprah Winfrey, a surprise speaker at the DNC, made a plea for 'common sense over nonsense'
CHICAGO -- In a presidential campaign like no other -- and just four weeks after President Joe Biden bowed out of the race -- Democrats are gathering in Chicago this week to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as their candidate to take on former President Donald Trump.
ABC News will have special coverage of the DNC -- including primetime coverage from 10 p.m. until 11 p.m. ET on ABC every day of the conventions, and on ABC News Live from 7 p.m. until 12 a.m. ET.
Walz, who was picked by the Harris campaign in part because of his Midwest bonafides, walked onstage to John Mellencamp's "Small Town."
He immediately thanked Harris for inviting him to be part of this campaign.
Democratic nominee for vice president Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage.
Wednesday's lineup at the DNC stretched passed the 11 p.m. mark in the East Coast with a performance by John Legend and Sheila E.
The pair performed a tribute to Prince, a Minnesota legend.
For the third night in a row, scheduled speakers and musicians went past 11 p.m., resulting in Wednesday's headline speaker, Gov. Tim Walz, speaking closer to midnight.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who jokingly noted, "you might recognize me from Fox News," got cheers from the crowd when he criticized Sen. JD Vance.
Buttigieg, who like Vance is a veteran, particularly slammed the GOP vice presidential candidate over his previous comments against him and Harris for not having any children.
"You know, senator, when I was deployed to Afghanistan, I didn't have kids. Some of the men and women who went outside the wire with me did not have kids. But let me tell you, our commitment to the future of this country was pretty damn physical," he said.
