Kamala Harris pledges to ‘chart a new way forward’ as she accepts nomination

Democratic nominee makes sweeping convention speech and promises to prosecute case against Donald Trump

Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday with a sweeping, pointed speech in which she vowed to prosecute the case against Donald Trump and carry the country to a brighter and fairer future.

In an address that balanced optimism with scathing criticism of her opponent, Harris acknowledged her unlikely" path to the nomination and extended her hand to voters of all political ideologies who believe in America's promise. Harris would make history if elected - as the first woman, first Black woman and first Asian American woman to serve as president - but she instead focused on the history that the country could change in November.