20,000 people expected for Kamala Harris DC speech on Tuesday NBC Chicago [Video]

In the shadow of The White House on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a closing argument to the American people as to why she should be elected the next president of the United States.

Some 20,000 people are expected to attend the rally on the Ellipse between E Street NW, Constitution Avenue NW, 15th and 17th streets NW, according to an approved permit from the National Park Service. Overflow crowds will be directed to the northeast grounds of the Washington Monument.

The expected attendees swelled from 8,000 people on the initial permit and the Harris-Walz campaign was advertising the event on social media platforms like Instagram as of Sunday morning.

Gates will open to the public at 3 p.m. The program is expected to begin around 7 p.m. and end around 9 p.m., the permit says.

No parking zones and road closures are certain to be in effect as the event takes place …