Schedule of Events
All these events will be happening between 5 and 8 p.m. PDT. Routine convention business will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Each night will feature one or two “American dialogues,” talk-show formatted discussions.
TODAY
Theme: New Heights: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Tribute: Firefighters and police
Speakers: Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota; Caroline Kennedy, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey.
Keynote speaker: Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. of Tennessee.
WEDNESDAY
Theme: Al Gore: The Principled Fighter
Tribute: Caregivers
Speakers: Gov. Gray Davis; Rep. Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri; actor Jimmy Smits; vice presidential nominee Joseph I. Lieberman; Gore’s daughter Karenna Gore Schiff.
THURSDAY
Theme: Gore’s Vision for the Future
Tribute: Vietnam veterans
Speakers: Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante; NAACP President Kweisi Mfume.
Wife Tipper introduces Gore.
Gore gives his acceptance speech.
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