THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN DAY 3 OF THE CONVENTION IS IN THE BOOKS AND IT INCLUDED BOTH THE OLD GUARD AND SOME FRESH FACES.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND SPEAKER EMERITA FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI SPOKE TO THE CROWD AT THE UNITED CENTER GIVING WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT TO KAMALA HARRIS AND AIMING POINTED BARBS AT DONALD TRUMP AS DID FORMER SOUTH BEND MAYOR AND NOW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG AND THE ONE AND THE ONLY OPRAH WINFREY.

OF COURSE, THE EVENING'S MAIN EVENT, VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TIM WALZ TAKING THE STAGE TO ADDRESS DELEGATES AND THE NATION.

AS YOU JUST HEARD BEEN A KEY HAS BEEN TAKING IT ALL IN FROM INSIDE THE UNITED CENTER AND JOINS US NOW.

BRANDIS.

YES, WALZ IS OFF THE STAGE HE GAVE WHAT WAS A RELATIVELY SHORT SPEECH.

HE SAID HE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, HASN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT OF THIS PART OF THE FOLKS IN US.

HE'S A GUY THAT ON I WE HEARD EARLIER SOMEBODY SAY YOU HAVE POLITICAL CONSULTANTS, PAY A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY GET A CHARACTER LIKE THAT.

AND BRING OUT YOU DON'T FAKE PLAID SHIRTS WHEN HE WEARS THEM FOR REAL.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THE CROWD REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING HE WASN'T ACCUSTOMED TO.

THEY ARE THEY REALLY ATE IT UP.

WELLS WAS THE HEADLINER.

WAS REALLY BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ALSO WHOLE LOT OF STAR POWER TO THE CONVENTION THIS EVENING.

I THOUGHT EVA LONGORIA IN THE HALLWAY AND OUR PRODUCER RAN INTO JULIANNE.

WE CRISIS.

YOU ALSO HAD MUSICAL PERFORMANCES LIKE FROM STEVIE WONDER, COMEDIAN MINDY KALING THE EMCEE.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, BRANDIS, WE ALSO HEARD FROM PERHAPS THE CHICAGO'S MOST FAMOUS ONE-TIME RESIDENT, OPRAH.

WE ARE NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.

WHEN A HOUSE IS ON FIRE.

WE DO ASK ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERS RACE OR RELIGION.

WE DO WONDER.

WHO THEIR PARTNER IS ARE HOW THEY VOTED.

NO.

WE JUST TRY DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SAVE THEM.

AND IF THE PACE PLACE HAPPENS TO BELONG TO A CHILDLESS CAT LADY.

WE TRY TO GET THAT CAT OUT TOO.

NOW, YES, ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE BONA FIDE CELEBRITIES, BUT IT WAS AUSTIN SHOULD ADD, BY THE WAY, THAT AROUND HERE, YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TREAT IT LIKE THEY ARE A HOLLYWOOD STARS.

BUT THE NIGHT WAS NOT AT ALL.

JUST ABOUT LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU HAD, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARENTS WITH CHICAGO AREA ROOTS TELLING THE STORY OF HOW THEIR SON HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN HAD HIS ARM BLOWN OFF WHEN HE WAS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ISRAEL BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE.

THAT WAS OCTOBER 7TH, SOME 320 DAYS AGO.

WE WERE BOTH BORN AND RAISED HERE AND OUR FAMILIES STILL LIVE HERE.

THIS IS A POLITICAL CONVENTION.

BUT MEETING OUR ONLY SON AND ALL OF THE CHERISHED HOSTAGES HOME IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.

HE ALSO HAD TRADITIONAL POLITICAL SPEECHES LIKE THE ONE GIVEN BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

HE GOT SOME LAUGHS WHEN HE SAID HE JUST TURNED 78 AND HE IS STILL YOUNGER THAN TRUMP.

HE TOO MADE THE CASE FOR HARRIS.

WHAT IS OPPONENT DO WITH HIS BOISE?

MOSTLY TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU.

HERE IN DON'T COUNT THE LAWS.

COUNTY.

HE SAYS THAT HARRIS MADE A GREAT FIRST DECISION AS PRESIDENT AND THAT IS CHOOSING WALZ AS HER RUNNING MATE.

REALLY THIS WHOLE WEEK ABOUT THE PUBLIC GETTING TO KNOW HARRIS BETTER.

BUT IT IS ALSO IN TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN INTRODUCTION TO LAWS.

WE HEARD ABOUT HIS BULLS TEACHER AS DAD AS COACH NATIONAL GUARDSMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS, GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA.

AND HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT NOW, OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO ADD THE TITLE OF VICE PRESIDENT THAT HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN MINNESOTA WANTS TO DO IN D C. AND WE MADE SURE THAT EVERY KID IN OUR STATE GETS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH EVERY DAY.

BOOKS FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.

WEWORK BANISHING HUNGER FROM BARS.

A FORMER FOOTBALL COACH ALSO BROUGHT OUT A SPORTS METAPHOR, HE SAYS, WITH 78 78 DAYS LEFT UNTIL THE ELECTION IT MAY BE BEHIND A FIELD GOAL, BUT HE SAYS THEY ARE ON THE OFFENSE AND THAT IS VERY MUCH THE MESSAGE THAT THEY HOPE DELEGATES GO HOME FRONT WITH.

THEY WANT TO MOTIVATE NOT JUST