VP pick Tim Walz, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Oprah headline third day of Democratic National Convention — as it happened
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has formally accepted the Democratic party nomination for vice-president on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Big-name Democrats Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi also took to the stage, as did television star Oprah Winfrey in a surprise appearance.
Look back on our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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As the clock ticks toward midnight in the US, this is where we'll leave our coverage of day three of the Democratic National Convention.
Here's a quick recap of what happened today:
- Trump held a rally in Asheboro, North Carolina behind bulletproof glass
- Former president Bill Clinton paid tribute to Joe Biden
- Oprah Winfrey made a surprise appearance to endorse Kamala Harris
- Tim Walz formally accepted the Democratic Party nomination for vice-president
You can take a look back at all the developments below, or download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest updates.
Social media is lighting up after Tim Walz's speech, and his son's reaction
A highlight for viewers wasn't a specific line from Walz, but rather the shots of his son, Gus, crying in the audience and saying "that's my Dad."
Here's the moment they hugged on stage after Walz's speech.
![Tim Walz hugs his son Gus.](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-2912b4b9-3dd8-4b62-b701-ac8b7e0d5255.jpeg)
Watch: Tim Walz delivers gridiron-themed pep talk to voters
The Democratic Party's vice-presidential nominee was once a coach on a high school football team.
In the biggest speech of his political career, Tim Walz went into coach-mode to deliver this pep talk to millions of voters tuning in.
Loading...ICYMI: Tim Walz has formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice-president
In case you missed it, here's the moment Tim Walz formally accepted the Democratic Party nomination for vice-president.
He also used his speech to run through the key policies on the Harris-Walz ticket.
Loading...Walz takes a bow
Coach Walz has finished speaking, which means we've now reached full-time for day three of the Democratic National Convention.
The benediction and gavel out are the only items left on the agenda before the delegates, politicians and supporters reconvene for their final day tomorrow.
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![Walz embraces his wife, Gwen, on stage](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-f2fbb2a7-af9d-42fe-99ba-c66c218af62a.jpeg)
![Gus Walz wipes a tear from his eye in a crowd of supporters](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-daf98ada-af35-46f5-b5f8-1a2652926b04.jpeg)
'Sleep when you're dead': Tim Walz goes into football coach mode with his rousing pep talk
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"It's the fourth quarter," Tim Walz says passionately on stage at the DNC.
"We're down a field goal, but we're on offense and we've got the ball, we're driving down the field.
"And boy, do we have the right team. Kamala Harris is top. Kamala Harris is experienced, and Kamala Harris is ready.
"Our job for everyone watching is to get in the trenches and do the blocking and tackling, one inch at a time, one yard at a time, one phone call at a time, one door knock at a time, one $5 donation at a time.
"Look we got 76 days. That's nothing. There will be time to sleep when you're dead.
"We're going to leave it on the field.
"That's how we'll keep moving forward. That's how we'll turn the page on Donald Trump.
"That's how we're going to fight."
Walz says Harris has 'never hesitated to reach across the aisle if it meant improving your lives'
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"She's fought on the side of the American people," Tim Walz says.
"She's taken on the predators and fraudsters.
She's taken down the transnational gangs, and she stood up to powerful corporate interests.
"She has never hesitated to reach across that aisle if it meant improving your lives, and she's always done it with energy, with passion and with joy."
Walz 'ready to turn the page' on Trump
Tim Walz is now touching on Donald Trump, JD Vance and Project 2025.
"Their project 2025 will make things much, much harder for people who are just trying to live their lives.
"They spent a lot of time pretending they know nothing about this.
"But look, I coached high school football long enough to know, and trust me on this, when somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they're going to use it."
"I don't know about you, I'm ready to turn the page on these guys, so go ahead say it with me. We're not going back.
"We've got something better to offer the American people. It starts with our candidate, Kamala Harris."
![A view of the arena screens broadcasting Walz's speech](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-81bcb9aa-6643-42d8-ac4d-84674a0e2542.jpeg)
Walz knows his way around a gun, but 'I believe our responsibility is to keep kids safe'
"Look, I know guns," Walz continues.
"I'm a veteran, I'm a hunter, and I was a better shot than most Republicans in Congress, and I got the trophies to prove it.
"But I'm also a dad. I believe in the Second Amendment.
"I also believe our first responsibility is to keep our kids safe."
![A view of the 'Coach Walz' signs brandished by audience mebers](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-0cf81d0b-619e-4f0c-99ca-0f42ee1effa5.jpeg)
Walz details how he and wife Gwen went through fertility treatment
"If you've never experienced the hell that is infertility, I guarantee you you know somebody who has," Tim Walz tells the DNC.
"And I can remember praying each night for a phone call, the pit in your stomach when the phone had rang, and the absolute agony when we heard the treatments hadn't worked.
"It took Gwen and I years, but we had access to fertility treatments, and when our daughter was born, we named her Hope.
"Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world, and I love you.
"I'm letting you in on how we started a family, because this is a big part about what this election is."
![Walz grasps either side of the podium as he looks up to the crowd](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-63e35fee-d36f-4ed0-b0bc-b5854825423a.jpeg)
'Never underestimate a public school teacher': Tim Walz
![Walz extends his arms as he speaks at a podium](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-289c5c80-264c-4213-9794-7fb6e0ca654c.jpeg)
Tim Walz is giving the biggest speech of his career, and taking his time to tell America about his journey.
"Like the rest of my family, I fell in love with teaching. Three out of four of us married teachers. I wound up teaching social studies and coaching football at Mankato West High School. Go Scarlets!
"It was those players and my students who inspired me to run for Congress. They saw in me what I had hoped to instill in them, a commitment to the common good, an understanding that we're all in this together, and the belief that a single person can make a real difference for their neighbors.
"So there I was, a 40-something high school teacher with little kids, zero political experience and no money, running in a deep red district.
"But you know what? Never underestimate a public school teacher."
![A view of the DNC audience as Tim Walz speaks](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-ee75ac14-a5b1-4db3-82da-349bfa13056b.jpeg)
Watch Tim Walz's DNC address here
'Honour of my life': Tim Walz accepts VP nomination
Tim Walz has stepped on stage to huge applause.
"It's the honour of my life to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States," he says.
"We're all here tonight for one beautiful, simple reason. We love this country."
![Walz stands on a stage with supporters holding signs behind him](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-6ff6666b-2004-4fb3-a255-fbfb2202e72d.jpeg)
Senator shouts out Walz's viral tutorial video
A tutorial on how to change a burnt-out headlight has copped a mention at the DNC.
Speaking on Walz's credentials, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar said the vice-president candidate's car tips have gone viral.
"In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions.
"In Minnesota, we trust a hunter who has stood in a deer stand in 10-degree weather.
"In Minnesota, we trust a candidate who has made a viral video on how to change a burnt-out headlight."
In case you'd like to see, here's that video.
Time to hear from Tim Walz, Kamala Harris's running mate
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is about to formally accept the Democratic Party's nomination to be Kamala Harris's running mate.
One of his former students, Ben Ingham, spoke on stage earlier.
"All this got me thinking about the kinds of leaders we need," Ingham said.
"We want the people in charge to be genuine, compassionate and trustworthy. The thing is, there are people in our neighborhoods who fit this description.
"We always wish that people like that would run for office. Well, in my neighborhood, someone like that did run for office, and he's going to be a wonderful vice president."
![A line of men in football jerseys applaud on a stage](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-8f9307fc-7c47-4513-9361-802bcb986fcf.jpeg)
Watch: Stevie Wonder tells the DNC 'we must choose courage over complacency'
Stevie Wonder addressed the DNC audience ahead of his performance earlier today.
He told the crowd to rise above "hateful division".
"As we stand between history's pain and tomorrow's courage, we must choose courage over complacency," he said.
"It is time to get up and go vote!"
Republicans are 'appealing to what is smallest within you', Buttigieg says
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Moving on from swipes at Vance, Buttigieg says he believes in "a better politics" than Republicans.
"Right now, the other side is appealing to what is smallest within you. They're telling you that greatness comes from going back to the past.
"They're telling you that anyone different from you is a threat.
"They're telling you your neighbour or nephew or daughter who disagrees with you politically isn't just wrong, but is now the enemy."
He says the kind of politics Harris and Walz offer "feels better to be a part of".
"There is joy in it, as well as power."
Buttigieg goes on the attack
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has used a portion of his speech to rubbish statements by Republican vice-president candidate JD Vance.
"At least Mike Pence was polite," he says.
"JD Vance is one of those guys who thinks if you don't live the life that he has in mind for you, then you don't count.
"If you don't have kids, you have no physical commitment to the future of this country."
Buttigieg waited for the audience to finish its boos before continuing.
"You know, senator, when I was deployed to Afghanistan, I didn't have kids then. Many of the men and women who went outside the wire with me didn't have kids either.
"But let me tell you: our commitment to the future of this country was pretty damn physical."
Analysis: Oprah brings every ounce of her considerable charisma
I'd thought nothing would top the enthusiasm unleashed by the double Obama experience last night, but talk show queen Oprah may have just achieved it.
![Oprah stretches her arms out wide on stage](https://au-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-aus-images/lcimg-fb7904e9-9b91-4236-9146-5a0fe172a18c.jpeg)
She's akin to Chicago royalty and Democrats in attendance ate up all she had to serve despite her admission that she was actually a registered independent.
She brought every ounce of her considerable charisma to bear to make the case that Kamala's character make her the obvious choice, especially given who her opposition is. She treated Trump like Voldemort, never naming him directly.
Her leading the crowd in a chant of "we're not going back" was a crowning glory even if potentially ear damaging given the decibels involved.
Winfrey: 'We won't be set back, pushed back, bullied back'
Winfrey has wrapped up her speech with a strong endorsement of Kamala Harris.
"We won't go back. We won't be set back, pushed back, bullied back, kicked back. We're not going back.
"So let us choose let us choose truth, let us choose honour and let us choose joy!
"We're all Americans, and together, let's all choose Kamala Harris!"
You can watch her speech in full in the video below.
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