Kamala Harris closed the DNC with a speech that she hopes will sway voters to the Democrats. The day began with speculation over whether she might be joined on stage by Taylor Swift or Beyoncé. In the end, Harris took to the stage alone and focused on her upbringing and a pitch to America’s middle class. The team assemble on the final night of the convention to analyse whether she did enough to win over the undecided. HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere
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In the early hours of Friday morning, Kamala Harris delivered what everyone billed as the speech of her life, accepting the Democratic Party's nomination to be their candidate for president.
This was happening at the end of a razzmataz filled Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
And to mark this big news moment, we're bringing you an episode of Americast temporarily sitting in the newscast feed.
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On behalf of everyone whose story could only be written in the greatest nation on earth, I accept your nomination to be president of the United States of America.
Those bangs and pops you can hear, that's not a backfiring car.
And don't worry, we're not being shot at.
Those are balloons being popped because we are in the main arena of the Democratic National Convention.
Kamala Harris has finished her speech.
Thousands of balloons fell from the ceiling.
And now that the delegates have gone, the balloons are going bang.
Yeah, the balloons are going bang.
And the delegates are absolutely delighted.
And they're all rushing away with their posters that they were holding up during the speech.
No question about its success here, the way it fell here in the hall.
But of course, it wasn't just aimed here at the hall.
It was aimed at the whole nation, at introducing Kamala Harris to America in a way that persuades the american people that they should vote for her in November.
That's the question.