How to watch this evening"s Democratic national convention There are lots of ways to watch night two of the Democratic national convention. CSpan will have it live, as will several YouTube channels, and the Guardian will, of course, be live blogging it from inside the United Center in Chicago. Democrats are hoping their message reaches millions of American voters, and particularly those in the seven swing states they view as key to putting Kamala Harris in the White House. Here’s more about how to tune in to tonight’s show: Who is scheduled to speak on night two of the Democratic national convention? We are expecting about two dozen speakers at the Democratic national convention this evening, as well as a ceremonial roll call of state delegations to confirm Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s place atop the ticket. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of who is scheduled to speak, and when: The Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison will gavel in the convention’s second evening at 5.30pm CT, and after that, we’ll hear from Jimmy Carter’s grandson Jason Carter, and Jack Schlossberg, John F Kennedy’s grandson. In the 6pm hour, Donald Trump’s former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will speak, and after her comes senator Gary Peters. The ceremonial roll call is scheduled for the 7pm hour and after 8pm, we will hear from the Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, and the progressive luminary Bernie Sanders. From 9pm, Angela Alsobrooks, the party’s nominee for Maryland’s open Senate seat, will give remarks, followed by Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, and former first lady Michelle Obama. Barack Obama is scheduled to make the keynote speech at 10pm, and the night’s programming will conclude after that. Barack Obama to deliver keynote speech on second night of Democratic national convention Good evening, US politics blog readers, and thanks for joining us as we cover the second night of the Democratic national convention. Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker this evening, the theme of which is “A Bold Vision for America’s Future.” Before he takes the stage at the United Center in Chicago, we will hear from Michelle Obama, the former first lady, Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, the independent senator Bernie Sanders and a slew of other top Democrats and party allies. In addition, a ceremonial roll call will be held, where state delegations are to announce their support for Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee and the Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. But we do not expect to see either of them until much later in the evening, because Harris and Walz are holding a rally in Milwaukee, the largest city in the neighboring swing state of Wisconsin, that coincides with the convention. The convention kicked off at 5.30pm CT and is scheduled to wrap up sometime after 10pm. Here’s more of what we know about the night’s events: Obama is expected to deliver a “forceful affirmation” of Harris’s candidacy in his speech to the convention, an advisor to the former president told CNN today. Several senators are speaking tonight, including the majority leader Chuck Schumer, Michigan’s Gary Peters and Illinois’s Tammy Duckworth. Angela Alsobrooks, the party’s nominee in Maryland and an understudy of Harris, will also give remarks. Stephanie Grisham, a former press secretary in Donald Trump’s White House, will be one of the earlier speakers and likely denounce her former boss. The night’s invocation will be given by Los Angeles-based rabbi Sharon Brous and Talib M Shareef, an imam from Washington DC. Do not expect to see Joe Biden. The president was last night’s keynote speaker, giving an address that served to pass the torch to Harris and mark the conclusion of his more than five decades in politics. He then departed Chicago for vacation in California.