President Obama Speaks Plus Lots of Celebs: 9-6-2012
By Joyce Li.....The final day of the Democratic National Convention will wrap up tonight with President Obama accepting his nomination. With the threat of rain and thunderstorms, the location was moved back indoors to the Time Warner Cable Arena. (No downpours of Democratic balloons, darn). Watch him speak tonight at 10 on network television.Just last week, President Obama went on a college speaking tour, hoping to sway the young voters' support through his promise of a affordable college tuition. Click here for more details.CNN is reporting that actresses Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Kerry Washington will add glamour and celebrity to the festivities tonight.Other speakers:
6pm: Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will lead the Pledge of Allegiance tonight. Giffords, who was shot in the tragic 2011 Tucson shooting announced that she was moving back to Tucson with her husband, another milestone on her path to recovery.
8pm: Actor Kal Penn will host a web-only convention special featuring more Hollywood Democrats. They include:
Actress Elizabeth Banks! (or Effie Trinket of The Hunger Games...)
Actress Olivia Wilde
And... Singer Marc Anthony, just to name a few.
Prior to President Obama's address, Vice President Joe Biden a.k.a. "gaffe-a-minute disaster" is expected to give a 25-minute speech. Biden's latest gaffe? His recent comment to a largely African-American audience, that Wall Street was "going to put y'all back in chains." (YIKES!)
Stay tuned! You wouldn't want to miss out on the last day of the Democratic National Convention! Click here for tonight's complete schedule.