This is going to be a great week and I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible

President Joe Biden, who will be speaking later tonight.

Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation and for all you will continue to do.

We are forever grateful to you.

Thank you, Joe.

And looking out, looking out at everyone tonight, I see the beauty of our great nation.

People from every corner of our country and every walk of life are here, united by our shared vision for the future of our country.

And this November, we will come together and declare with one voice, as one people, we are moving forward with optimism, hope and faith, so guided by our love of country, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us.

Let us fight for the ideals we hold dear.

And let us always remember, when we fight, we win.

God bless you, God bless the United States of America.

Good night, everyone.

Well, the tens of thousands inside the United Center here jumped to their feet, excited to see their nominee, Kamala Harris, the Vice President of the United States, a surprise tonight as she took the stage and said, when we fight, we win.

Let's go now to the convention floor with senior White House and political correspondent

Ed O'Keefe.

Ed, tell us where you are.

Well, Nora, we just so happen to be with the California delegation, and we were talking with a few people about how they've known her for several years, back to when she was

District Attorney in the Bay Area, to when she ran for Attorney General.

Brett Roberts, you're from Inglewood, California.

Yes, sir.

Yes, I am.

Good to meet you.

It's a pleasure.

How many of these have you been to?

I have been to four, 2012, 2016.

And you were showing me, what happened the first year you were here?

The first year I was here was this photo here.

This is 2012.

This is 2012 DNC.

And I had an opportunity to meet, at that time, I believe she was either the DA or ascending to be the Attorney General.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

And I knew, at that point, that this one day is going to be our nation's law.

So this is when she was running for attorney general, her second term, and she came to

Santa Barbara.

And I believe she got married in Santa Barbara.

So she always claims that she loves returning there.

But I have always been a champion of her.

But not just for her, but for all feminists moving forward to create sustainable, equitable actions so that we can all thrive.

You know their 10th wedding anniversary is on Thursday.

What you get her?

All right.

Real quick, Nora, I want to talk to one other person who's here, because she reminded me she's been coming to conventions since 1968.

This is Dolores Huerta, of course, the famed civil rights leader.

You told me you've been coming to these since 1968, right?

Yes.

Uh-huh.

It's only night one.

How do you assess this one compared to conventions past?

Oh, my God.

The excitement here is just incredible.

I mean, you could just feel it, the joy, the excitement, you know, it's just awesome.

What should...

Well, for example, I know you're a very prominent Latina surrogate for Harris.

She's trying to shore up support among Hispanics.

If there's someone watching tonight who, like you and I, is Latino, what can they know about her?

What should they know about her that would give them reason to vote for her?

Well, because she's always been there for Latinos and all of the work that she's done when she was attorney general, when she was district attorney in San Francisco, when she was our state senator in California, and, of course, as the vice president, so she's somebody that has always worked for our community from day one.

All right.

Good to see you.

Thank you so much, Ms. Huerta.

Nora, California delegation of civil rights activists, college professors, Gloria Allred, the celebrity attorney, I mean, it's that kind of a delegation because it's that kind of a state.

So they're good reminders that she's someone who's been at this politics for a while from the local level and now, of course, running for president.

Nora?

Ed O'Keefe, I absolutely love your interviews from the floor.

I just think they're terrific, and I love that people have their own pictures.

And a quick response about the anniversary gift, she said I gave her my vote.

There you go.

That's all she needs, probably.

No, it's great color, as we say, from the floor, hearing people's excitement and how long they've known Kamala Harris.

Thank you so much.

I want to note that at the podium right now is Tony Goldwyn.

He may look familiar to you.

He's a very famous actor, of course, known for playing president of the United States in the show Scandal alongside Kerry Washington.

Want to listen in to him because he is about to introduce Coach Steve Kerr, the former

Chicago Bulls player, Olympics and Golden State Warriors coach.

And we'll be right back.