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Today's Friday, August 23.
Here's what we're covering.
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Kamala Harris formally accepted the democratic nomination for president last night in front of a packed house at the United center in Chicago.
Just a month ago, she was best known as Joe Biden's vice president.
Now she's the candidate herself.
And her acceptance speech gave her the widest audience she's had yet to introduce herself to the country.
So, America, the path that led me here in recent weeks was no doubt unexpected.
But I'm no stranger to unlikely journeys.
A lot of voters still don't know very much about her personal story, her personal journey, what she's overcome.
And that made up a big chunk of her speech.