A video just aired at the convention criticizing Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint that has become a flashpoint in the 2024 election.

Mallory McMorrow, a Michigan state senator, then walked on stage and slammed a giant book on the podium.

"You are going to hear a lot about what is in this 900-page document," McMorrow said of Project 2025. "Why? Because this is the Republican blueprint for a second Trump term."

It includes expanding presidential power and eliminating the Department of Education and other federal agencies, McMorrow noted. She said that's how it works in "dictatorships" and that Democrats believe in the separation of powers and the rule of law.

Read more about Project 2025 here. Trump has tried to distance himself from the blueprint, even though several of the former president's current and former advisers and appointees have authored or supported it.

Mickey Guyton, a Black country music artist, is the first entertainer of the night.

Guyton is performing her song "All American" on stage.

Other performers to come this convention include Jason Isbell and James Taylor.

A chant of "Union yes!" broke out as AFSCME President Lee Saunders took to the podium while joined by other union leaders on the stage.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin chastised former President Donald Trump's economic policies citing what he said were the millions of jobs lost during his term.

Durbin touted the Biden-Harris administration's work to bring back more manufacturing jobs to several parts of the country.

"These investments mean a strong economy, growing public schools and well-funded well-staffed first responders," he said. "These investments mean hope. That's what Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are fighting for."

Durbin talked about his parents and how they were helped by a union.

"We worked not just to get by, but to get ahead," he said.