Cedric Richmond is co-chair of the Kamala Harris campaign and a former senior adviser to President Biden. Richmond joined America Decides to discuss Harris’ role in the Biden administration and the party’s transition from Biden to Harris.

Each day of the convention will have a theme related to the slogan “For the People, For Our Future.” Monday’s theme will revolve around the “For the People” element. The party will lay out how it argues that Democrats under the Biden-Harris administration have put the people first, comparing the record of the Harris-Walz ticket to that of former President Donald Trump.

Biden’s tenure and his decades in Washington are also expected to play a major role on Monday, as the party seeks to honor the president – and his decision to step down – while celebrating its new standard-bearer.

Anita Dunn, a former senior adviser to Biden who left the White House last month to join the main super PAC supporting Harris, said the president sees his role in the campaign as “chief volunteer” and is determined to ensure Trump is defeated in November.

Full list of speakers.

— Kaia Hubbard, Aaron Navarro

Protesters broke through a security fence into the security area for the Democratic National Convention Monday afternoon.

The official protest had moved away from Park 578 shortly after 4:30 p.m., but one group remained behind and broke through the fence at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Wolcott Avenue. This group made it through the first line of the perimeter and attempted to get through the second fence, which would allow them access to the United Center.

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— Dave Savini, Charlie DeMar