Late night with Joe Biden: Big name who got bumped in frenzy to get 81-year-old president on the DNC podium before midnight

James Taylor was cut from the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

It came amid chaotic delays and as organizers tried to stop Joe Biden’s speech being pushed back further.

The veteran singer-songwriter had been scheduled to appear after 9pm local time.

He would have perfromed after Jill Biden and before Ashley Biden, who introduced her father as the final speaker of the night.

Even after Taylor was cut the president did not get on stage util about 10.30pm local time.

Earlier, Taylor had been seen rehearsing.

Because of the raucous applause interrupting speaker after speaker, we ultimately skipped elements of our program to ensure we could get to President Biden as quickly as possible so that he could speak directly to the American people.

Anti-DNC protestors descended upon Chicago slamming Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris, saying she’s been complicit in the Gaza ‘genocide’ and failing to improve the U.S.

Of the thousands of protestors who partook in Monday’s ‘March on the DNC,’ many interviewed by DailyMail.com said that Harris will not get their vote.

The hordes of activists chanted that the vice president is complicit in and supportive of the ‘genocide’ of Palestinians. They said President Joe Biden is at fault too, but their anger was aimed at the party’s heir apparent.

‘We’re calling people not to vote for Harris,’ one woman holding a sign reading ‘Abandon Harris ’24’ sign told DailyMail.com.

From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in Detroit, Michigan

Donald Trump keeps up his counterprograming Tuesday with a visit to Michigan, his first visit to the crucial battleground since Joe Biden dropped out.

He heads to Livingston County Sheriff’s Office in Howell, just northwest of Detroit, where he is due to talk about ‘crime and safety.’

But his destination immediately attracted controversy because of its links to white supremacy. The Ku Klux Klan’s Grand Dragon had a Howell mailing address in the 1970s and just last month a small group of white supremacists marched through the town chanting ‘Heil Hitler.’

Trump critics see his visit as a ‘dog whistle’ to racists. At the weekend, Harris for President Michigan Communications Director Alyssa Bradley said:

Trump’s actions have encouraged them, and Michiganders can expect more of the same when he comes to town next week.

Biden visited the area in 2021.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Chicago, Illinois

Kamala Harris’ campaign remarks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tuesday night could be broadcast live on screen at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, new reports reveal.

If the 8:00 p.m. rally is played at the United Center, the vice president could end up speaking virtually at her own convention.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are slated for the keynote speeches for night two of the Convention.

The unprecedented move would mark Harris’ second remakrs at the Convention – albeit remotely – after her brief remarks paying tribute to President Joe Biden on stage during night one on Monday.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Chicago, Illinois

Joe Biden arrived in Santa Barbara, California just before 2:30 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday morning for a family vacation after a long day in Chicago on Monday.

It came after he delivered the keynote remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention and spoke beyond midnight for East Coast viewers.

The President and first lady Jill Biden disembarked with granddaughter Natalie Biden.

Other family members who came off Air Force One in California in the early hours of Tuesday were Hunter, carrying baby Beau, and wife Melissa Cohen, the Biden’s daughter Ashley and her husband Howard as well as grandchildren Finnegan, Maisy, and Naomi and Peter.

The Bidens are staying at the Kiani Preserve, which is an 8,000 acre ranch with its own winery owned by their friend Joe Kiani.

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter’s latest attempt to try and get his federal tax crimes case thrown out has failed.

Hunter is scheduled to sit for federal trial in Los Angeles at the beginning of September.

If convicted in the tax evasion case, Biden faces a maximum of 17 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.

Hunter was seen embracing his father Joe after his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday.

The president has said he will not pardon Hunter, despite his federal gun conviction and possible tax conviction.

In his speech to the DNC on Monday night Joe Biden addressed the issue of anti-Israel protesters outside. He said:

Those protesters out in the street, they have a point. A lot of innocent people are being killed on both sides.

We’re working around the clock to end the civilian suffering of the Palestinian people and finally, finally, finally deliver a ceasefire and end this war.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus appeared live from the DNC in Chicago on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’.

Her show ‘Veep’ has seen a 350 percent increase in viewers after Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee. She said:

Let me explain to you, on ‘Veep’ I played a narcissistic, megalomaniac sociopath, and that is not Kamala Harris. It might be another candidate in the race.