DNC 2024 Day 1 live updates: Biden lays out choice to 'save democracy' with Harris

President Biden, after touting accomplishments at home, turned to his handling of conflicts around the globe.

On Ukraine, Biden praised the strength of Kyiv and of NATO in the face of Russia's aggression.

"Just as no commander in chief should ever bow down to a dictator, the way Trump bows down to Putin, I never have," Biden said. "And I promise you, Kamala Harris will never do it, will never bow down."

Biden also discussed the Israel-Gaza war, saying he is working tirelessly to get his peace plan for the Middle East approved by all sides to bring an end to the conflict and to bring hostages home.

"Those protesters in the street have a point," he said. "A lot of innocent people being killed on both sides."

Biden brought up reproductive rights as a key election issue this November. He noted that in the Dobbs decision in which the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the court's majority wrote that women are not without electoral or political power.

"No kidding," Biden said. "MAGA Republicans found out the power of women in 2022. And Donald Trump is going to find out the power of women in 2024. Watch."

The president slammed his predecessor over his rhetoric on veterans and armed service members.

Biden, whose son Beau served in the military, chastised Trump over reports that he called fallen soldiers "suckers and losers."

"They're not the words of a person not worthy of being commander in chief. Period," he said.

The president turned his attention to the rising gun violence in the country citing stats that showed firearm deaths were the leading cause of deaths among children.

"More died from a bullet than cancer, accidents or anything else in the United States, in America. My God," he said.

Biden spoke about his and Harris' gun control polices and again pushed for a ban on assault rifles and universal background checks.

"If we care about public safety, we need to prevent gun violence," he said.