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Tuesday’s Democratic National Convention schedule

Barack Obama has accepted his party's nomination at Denver's Invesco Field football stadium. Top of the Ticket bloggers were there.


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TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage.

THEME: “Renewing America’s Promise.”

Session begins at 3 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 2 p.m. Pacific and 5 p.m. Eastern.

3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Call to Order
Shirley Franklin, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Invocation
The Reverend Cynthia Hale, Disciples of Christ - Decatur, Georgia

Presentation of Colors
The American GI Forum, Mile High Chapter, Colorado

Pledge of Allegiance
Koby Langley from Fort Mead, Maryland

National Anthem
Rocky Mountain Children’s Choir

Remarks / Video
Eleanor Holmes Norton, non-voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives, District of Columbia

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Remarks
Ted Sorenson, Special Counsel, advisor and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy
Mike Honda, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
Dr. David Gipp, member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Linda Sanchez, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
Chet Culver, governor of Iowa
David Patterson, governor of New York
Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator, Vermont

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Remarks
Chris Van Hollen, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland

Remarks
Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Congressional Black Caucus
Carolyn Kilpatrick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan
Charles Rangel, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York
John Conyers, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan
Bennie Thompson, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mississippi

Moment of Silence
Video – “In Memoriam”

Remarks
Dennis Kucinich, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio
John Chiang, State Comptroller, California
Jim Doyle, governor of Wisconsin
Ted Strickland, governor of Ohio

DGA - Remarks
Joe Manchin, governor of West Virginia

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.

U.S. Senate Women
Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator, Maryland
Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator, California
Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator, Louisiana
Blanche Lambert Lincoln, U.S. Senator, Arizona
Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator, Michigan
Maria Cantwell, U.S. Senator, Washington State
Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator, Missouri
Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator, Minnesota

Remarks
Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania
Tammy Baldwin, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin
Xavier Becerra, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, California
John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO
Robin Golden, autoworker from Michigan scheduled to lose his job
Video - First Time Delegates: Renewing America’s Promise

Remarks
Rahm Emanuel, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois

Live Performance
Alejandro Escovedo, Vocals and guitar

6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Remarks
Steny Hoyer, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland, Democratic Majority Leader
Katherine Marcano, Cedar Rapids, Iowa flood victim
Anna Berger, officer with SEIU & 1st Chair of America’s newest labor federation, “Change to Win”
Pauline Beck, homecare worker and member of SEIU from Oakland, California
Janet Napolitano, governor of Arizona

America’s Town Hall - Economy
Moderator: Jennifer Granholm – governor of Michigan
Panelists: Aimee Christensen, Jim Rogers, Jim Bauer, Jerome Ringo

Remarks
Jim Whitaker, Republican mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska
Pamela Cash-Roper, unemployed nurse and lifelong Republican from North Carolina
Nydia Velazquez, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, New York

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Remarks
Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas
Frederico Peña, former Secretary of Energy and former mayor of Denver, Colorado
Nancy Floyd, founder of Nth Power, an energy technology investment firm in Portland, Oregon
Robert Casey, Jr., U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania
Lily Ledbetter, her actions against Goodyear Tire led to the passage of the Fair Pay Restoration Act

Keynote Speech
Mark Warner, governor of Virginia

Remarks
Ret. Rear Admiral John Hutson, president, Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire
Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts

8 p.m. - 9 p.m.

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Remarks
Gloria Craven, laid-off North Carolina textile worker with huge medical bills
Brian Schweitzer, governor of Montana

Hillary Clinton Segment - Video/Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senator, New York

Benediction
The Revs. Jin Ho Kang, Yoougsook Kang, Methodists from Aurora, Colorado

Recess
Shirley Franklin, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

Source: Democratic National Committee

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