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DNC 2024 Day 4 live updates: The Chicks, Kerry Washington connect with DNC crowd

Kerry Washington is the host on DNC Day 4.

ByAlexandra Hutzler, Ivan Pereira, Meredith Deliso, Tal Axelrod, and Brittany Gaddy
Last Updated: August 22, 2024, 6:35 PM EDT

The final day of the Democratic National Convention wraps up with Kamala Harris' big moment: her acceptance speech in which she gets to tell her story to the millions of Americans watching.

Her campaign says, in addition to describing her middle-class upbringing, she will continue to stress optimism and patriotism -- the "politics of joy" -- the overall themes we've heard throughout the gathering.

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Attendees dance during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.
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    9 hours and 51 minutes ago

    4th night of the DNC underway

    The fourth and final night of the DNC is officially underway.

    The theme of the night is "For our future" and will feature a keynote address from Vice President Kamala Harris as she accepts the party's nominee for president.

    Attendees pose for a photo ahead of the evening session on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.
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    10 hours and 37 minutes ago

    Emhoff says Harris remains focused on issues ahead of 'her big moment'

    Second gentleman Doug Emhoff said Vice President Kamala Harris remains focused on the issues even "while she is preparing for her big moment tonight."

    "She has been in the Oval Office with the president on all of these major issues. She's been in the Situation Room on all these major issues, just with what's happening now," he said Thursday at an event about combating antisemitism hosted by the Jewish Democratic Council of America.

    "She's still working on these issues while she is preparing for her big moment tonight. That's what leaders do," he continued.

    -ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

    10 hours and 47 minutes ago

    Harris still tweaking speech, source says

    Harris has spent the day continuing to review her speech and tweaking it by hand as she prepares to deliver what will be the most important remarks of her political life, a personal familiar with the preparation told ABC News.

    -ABC News' Mary Bruce

    10 hours and 46 minutes ago

    Harris, Emhoff wish each other happy 10th anniversary

    Vice President Kamala Harris wished her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff a happy anniversary on Thursday ahead of her acceptance speech at the DNC. The couple are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary.

    "To the best partner I could ask for: Happy anniversary, Dougie," Harris posted on social media, with a picture of the two visiting campaign headquarters in Wilmington the day after she announced her candidacy.

    Earlier Thursday, Emhoff did the same, posting a slideshow of photos of himself and Harris.

    "Ten years of marriage, forever to go," Emhoff wrote. "Happy anniversary, @WRQ11HGNB. I love you."

    Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, share a moment after a campaign event at Temple University in Philadelphia, August 6, 2024.
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    -ABC News' Fritz Farrow

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