hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, the first night of the u.s. democratic national convention had nothing conventional about it, and it was former first lady michelle obama who stole the show with a withering attack on donald trump's presidency. covid-19 dashed hopes for a packed convention hall this year and the infection numbers keep rising. we will bring you the very latest on that.

good to have you with us. the u.s. democratic party has opened its national convention making a case for joe biden's presidency and attacking president donald trump. the event is being conducted virtually due to the coronavirus. it has speakers including republicans in support of joe biden. former first lady michelle obama was among the headliners on opening night and she delivered an empassioned speech pleading with voters to pick biden. she also called mr. trump the wrong president for the country and said he was in over his head. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his

head. he cannot meet this moment. he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is so if you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this, if you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don't make a change in this election. if we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. >> and there was also bernie sanders, the senator once challenged biden for the party's nomination. now he's stressing the need for unity and encouraging voters to back his former rival. he said the price of failure was just too great to imagine. >> my friends, i say to you, to everyone who supported other candidates in the primary and to those who may have voted for

donald trump in the last election, the future of our democracy is at stake. the future of our economy is at stake. the future of our planet is at stake. we must come together, defeat donald trump and elect joe biden and kamala harris as our next president and vice president. my friends, the price of failure is just too great to imagine. >> cnn senior political analyst mac preston joins us. good to see you, mack. >> good to see you, rosemary. >> let's look at the first night of the dnc convention, what they were trying to achieve. former first lady michelle obama warned voters things could get worse if voters don't make a change in this election, warning

them, telling them to get out and vote. how likely is it will her words encourage people to do that? >> she's an interesting messenger for the biden campaign to put out on the first day and in many ways could be their secret weapon. michelle obama is very reserved about how she uses her time, her likeness. she's very careful only to wade in the political waters when she really, really twoonts, and i think tonight we saw her do that. she did that in a way that most politicians can't do it. she delivered her thoughts in a very sincere way. her requests in a very sincere way. you have to wonder, are folks who are on the fence, are there mothers or young women out there who perhaps wouldn't be considering voting, who wouldn't want to take the time, wouldn't think that their vote would count, i think that's who michelle obama was trying to reach out to.

will she be more involved, rosemary, in the coming months. the fact is, michelle obama was a good light for the democrats to kick off this very bizarre convention. >> yeah. she was the main voice of the night, wasn't she? of course, the latest cnn poll shows this is going to be a very tight race and it will require all of bernie sanders voters to vote instead of staying home. did sanders go far enough appealing to the far left progress snif progressiv progressives? do you think he achieved na? >> if you listened to his speech, i talked to one of bernie sanders advisers before the speech, they told me, listen to what he says when he talks about authoritarianism.

he doesn't talk about a huge heritage or how his family had to flee europe because of the nazis but in fact that happened. bernie sanders, i think, took a note from the obama book tonight and that note is the sin cert note. if you compare about how he was endorsing joe biden tonight compared to the bitterness of the 2016 race when a lot of people who supported hillary clinton didn't think that he did enough, i think you'll see night and day. i do think that you will see bernie sanders do whatever he can do, it's very difficult, but to help elect joe biden. he doesn't agree with him on everything. he looks at him and feels joe biden can help preserve the policies that democrats have pushed for and have been successful over the past couple of years, pushing more to the left. he sees joe biden as somebody

who will keep on championing that. if donald trump wins another term, bernie sanders tonight very starkly said to his followers, everything we work for is going to be lost. whether that's true or not, we don't know. it's a message to get across. >> he was making the clear message, there's the choice of two guys here. you have to work out which one will suit you but that is your choice. so republican john kasich, his address of course was designed to convince other republicans that country comes before party. how well did he do with that? is he the guy to let other republicans know that it's okay to vote for biden. >> he's certainly the guy for some republicans. he's a very interesting fellow. very conservative, extremely smart. you either like john kasich or you don't like john kasich. tonight what you saw was i go back to this one word, sin cert. he ran for the republican

presidential nomination himself and lost. this is somebody who i remember when i first came to washington was considered one of the fiscally conservative and smartest individuals on capitol hill. this is somebody that obviously doesn't share the same republican philosophy, that grounded republican philosophy that president trump shares. he was making that distinction and trying to tell folks that if you don't necessarily support donald trump, if you're a republican, it's okay to come over here to joe biden. i don't think you're going to see a lot of republicans jump ship. you could see folks like john kasich who say to themselves, you know, at this point i can't be loyal to my party because of who the nominee is. we'll see what happens in november. >> we certainly shall. we'll be counting down. mark preston, thanks very much. >> thanks, rosemary. former senior trump administration official and long-time republican is endorsing joe biden's

presidential campaign. miles taylor served as chief of staff to kirsten nielsen and is one of the highest ranking former officials from the trump administration to back biden. in a video message, taylor accused mr. trump of using his office for political purposes. >> he told us to stop giving money to people whose houses had burned down from the wildfire because he was so rageful that people in the state of california didn't support him and that politically it wasn't the base. he wanted to go further and have a deliberate policy of ripping children away from their parents to show those parents that they shouldn't come to the border in the first place. even though i'm not a democrat, even though i disagree on the key issues, i'm confident joe biden will protect the country. and another top republican, former ohio governor john kasich is also taking aim at president

trump. during his speech at the democratic national convention, kasich urged others to vote for democrat joe biden. >> i'm sure there are republicans and independents who couldn't imagine crossing over to support a democrat. they fear joe may turned sharp left and leave them behind. i don't believe that because i know the measure of the man, reasonable, faithful, respectful and, you know, no one pushes joe around. >> and hours before that convention speech president trump slammed the former ohio governor. on the campaign trail monday the president said, quote, he was a loser as a republican and he'll be a loser as a democrat. he also claimed people don't like john kasich and don't trust him. kasich ran an unsec sesful presidential campaign back in 2016. he's been a vote call critic of the president for years. an american couple who said

their lives were ruined by a viral video of them pointing guns at protesters will now be speaking at the republican national convention next week. you may remember these scenes from earlier this summer. patricia and mark mccloss ski brandishing weapons as demonstrators walked outside of their home located in a private st. louis neighborhood. both were charged with unlawful use of a weapon but received supportive words from the white house. well, the coronavirus is now the number three cause of death in the united states but still many people are refusing to wear masks and social distance. we will have more on the deadly impact of those decisions. that's next. odors es in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days.

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welcome back, everyone. the first night of the democratic convention saw democrats slam president donald trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the speakers included new york governor andrew cuomo whose state has been hit hard by the outbreak and a woman whose father died from covid-19.

take a listen. >> we went through hell but we've learned much. we know our problems go beyond the covid virus. covid is the symptom, not the illness. our nation is in crisis and in many ways covid is just a metaphor. >> the coronavirus has made it clear that there are two americas, the america that donald trump lives in and the america that my father died in. enough is enough. donald trump may not have caused the coronavirus, but his dishonesty and his irresponsible actions made it so much worse. >> and later today on night two of the convention, the democrats are expected to officially select joe biden as the party's nominee. his wife jill biden is scheduled to speak along with representative alexandria ocasio-cortez and former u.s. president bill clinton.

a year ago the coronavirus likely did not exist, and now it's killing more people in the u.s. than alzheimer's disease, accidents and diabetes. covid-19 has infected more than 5.4 million people in the country and killed more than 170,000. that is according to johns hopkins university. in fact, over the past three weeks the u.s. is averaging more than 1,000 covid-19 deaths a day. despite all these numbers, some people are still not following basic safety precautions. cnn's nick watt has that report. >> reporter: college party in georgia, i don't see any masks, not distance. snapped at outside student bars in georgia. and four uncovered at unc chapel hill when classes resumed one week ago.

unc will now from wednesday shift to online only for all undergraduates. >> you're going to get cases. no question about it. the question is whether you can stop at 5 cases or 500 cases. the u.s. is just past a staggering 170,000 deaths. >> covid is the number three cause of deaths in the u.s. >> reporter: young people are not immune. infection rates in under 18s rose steadily in march through july said the cdc. more evidence that minority communities are hardest hit. the study just found that, for example, in ohio, 13% are black but 31.8% with hospitalized covid patients were black. in virginia, less than 10% of people are latinx but more than 35% were latinx. experts have long said we should

be doing 5 million tests a day. here's president trump late april. >> we're going to be there very soon. >> but we have never achieved even 1/5 of that 5 million goal. >> probably missing eight out of ten people who are contagious. >> reporter: since july the average number of tests every day is falling. >> it's shifting to places that can test. i think it's part of a strategy not to count how many people who are infected. >> reporter: the newly authorized quick and cheap saliva test could be a game changer. >> get same-day results and that will allow it to have reopening strategies. >> reporter: interesting admission from dr. deborah birx from the white house coronavirus task force that basically the u.s. didn't lock down well enough. she says she wishes the country looked a bit more like italy where people during lockdown weren't even allowed to leave

their houses but as she says, americans don't necessarily respond well to that kind of prohibition. in comparison to how the two countries are doing right now? sunday italy reported four deaths from covid-19, the u.s., 571. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. william hazelthyme is a former professor and is the author of a covid back to school guide. he joins me from roxbury in connecticut. thank you so much for talking with us. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> so we want to start with white house coronavirus task force coordinator dr. deborah birx. she wishes the u.s. had locked down the same way italy had where people were not allowed to leave their homes except to buy groceries once a week.

she reacts well and why didn't they insist on a national mask mandate to reduce the spread of the coronavirus but also keep the economy moving? >> i think that the health authorities, whether it's the cdc, the nih, the task force, the people trained in public health, gave the right advice but in a political setting giving advice and getting action are two different things and unfortunately this administration did not act on the advice they were given. >> so you don't think that we'll ever see this administration call for a mask mandate across the nation? >> i don't think we're likely to see that from this administration. i don't think we have seen the kind of steps we need to control the covid epidemic. as you know, the united states with 4% of the population

accounts for 1/4 of all ineffect shuns and deaths. this is an unmitigated disaster in a country that has been the leader in public health. it shows you the difference leadership makes. >> right. of course, los angeles schools have announced massive testing and tracing for students and staff, but the university of north carolina chapel hill just announced they are suspending in person learning after just a week of classes due to numerous covid-19 clusters. how inevitable is it we will see other students and colleges move to remote, if you are in a zone that's yellow or red and you open especially with the rather careless procedures that we have, it is inevitable many people will be infected in colleges.

we're doing the same thing with our public education and it is inevitable that we are going to see many infections, many quarantines and many closings and a very large number of unhappy and distressed zblarnts and president trump and his administration are pushing for all schools to open for in-person learning insisting that children are immune, not vulnerable even though studies of course show that is false. when would it be safe to open schools and colleges to in-person learning and could that newly approved saliva-based test be key to doing this? >> let's take the saliva-based test. it isn't all that it seems. there are some good parts. it is still a test that needs to be supervised. you have to spit under supervision and you have to send it off for testing. it is not a home test. home tests are being devised.

those will make a difference. they should be fast, they should be cheap, but the saliva test that was just approved is not that. all it essentially does is replace the long swab that goes into the back of your noyes with a saliva test. there are some simplifications of the reagents which they claim may make things faster. it's not the reagents that make things slow, it's bad bureaucracy that makes things slow. >> let's hope in some way that problem with testing can be solved. william haseltine, thank you so much for talking with us. i do appreciate it. >> you're welcome. thank you very much for the opportunity. the world health organization says there is a new phase of the pandemic defined by younger people catching the disease. >> the w.b.o.'s national

director says it is not just a sign of resurgence but showing it is a new phase of the pandemic. some countries are seeing surges that in some cases are larger than the original outbreaks. and meantime, thousands of people gathered for a party in wuhan, china, the former epicenter of this pandemic. you can see the audience packed in tightly for this concert at a water park with very few masks in sight. wuhan reportedly hasn't seen any new coronavirus cases since may. officials are hoping to boost the economy with the lockdown now lifted. to do that they have waived ticket fees at hundreds of tourist sights. british prime minister boris johnson is facing massive public anger, this time from students, parents and teachers. the u.k. government has you turned on plans to deal with exam grades in the covid era

because students could not take the all-important a-level exams when the country was under lockdown. the government had decided to rely on grades. max, what is the latest on this. >> reporter: the latest is the fallout continues because after this condition where students grades were upgraded after a huge amount of pressure from the government and educational authorities, students had their grades upgraded to the level where they now qualify for the initial courses they applied to at the university. take someone that had got a place at the top university, they thought they had a place and they were downgraded with their results, now they've been upgraded, they can get into that university. a lot of those places were awarded to students last week

after the initial results. we had students who qualified for places didn't get the places. there's an example where a student has been allowed a place but it will be dpee ferret so a real mess. the university is trying to come up with some sort of solution here. we need to create more places. we have social disstachsing. the universities outside the top tier also have an issue where they're losing students who want to go to top universities. huge amount of pressure on students right now and pressure on the government calls in the british newspapers for the education secretary to resign. this, the daily mail, is a boris johnson government supporting new hampshire. real situation for boris johnson and his government. he's standing by his he heducat

separately. his senior advisor, dominic cushing, was asked to resign. they won't see him sacking the institution. >> we're seeing a similar situation in the u.s. and around the world. exams for these kids going into university having to be canceled because of this pandemic. very frustrating. max foster in newbury, england, bringing us that live update. thanks. still to come, not all democrats see eye to eye. can the party unite for the common goal of beating donald trump? unsupplements...memory neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. take the neuriva challenge with our money-back guarantee!

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with racial injustice a central issue of this campaign, democrats took time to remember george floyd, the black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer spark'd international protests calling for racial justice. george floyd's brother honored the many who have died because of hate and injustice. here's his message to the convention. >> it's a fitting legacy for our brother. george should be alive today. breonna taylor should be alive today. ahmaud arbery. tattiana jefferson, sandra bland, they should all be alive today so it's up to us to carry on the fight for justice. our actions will be their

legacies. we must always find what our senator john lewis called, good trouble. the names we do not know, the faces we will never see, those who can't mourn because their murders didn't go viral. >> and in the wake of george floyd's death, people of all backgrounds came onto the streets to present a unified front against police brutality and inequality. one such protest in the u.s. capitol was met with opposing force backed by the u.s. president. the mayor of washington, d.c., spoke to the group about that day. >> it was here that just weeks ago americans donned facemasks and safely and peacefully protested the death of george floyd. while we were protest, donald trump was plotting. he stood in front of a treasured

house he sent troops into our street. he sent tear gas into the air and federal helicopters too. >> well, the democratic party is unified in its opposition to president trump but is that enough to rally members who disagree with joe biden on the issues? senator bernie sanders, who leads a far left faction of the party, is stressing the common goal. >> together we have moved this country in a bold, new direction showing that all of us, black and white, latino, native american, asian-american, gay and straight, native born and immigrant yearn for a nation based on the principles of justice, love and compassion. our campaign ended several months ago but our movement continues and is getting stronger every day. many of the ideas we fought for

that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream. but let us be clear, if donald trump is re-elected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. >> mo kelly is a political commentator and host of los angeles radio program the mo kelly show and he joins me from los angeles. also joining me is dr. abdul elsayed. he joins me from ann arbor in michigan. good to see you both. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you for having me. >> mo kelly, i want to start with you. the biden/harris ticket needs to attract more black voters as well as far left progressives. given what you have seen so far and what the dnc has lined up for the week, how likely is it that they can achieve this? >> well, they've made it very clear that not only black voters but black women voters are going to be the edge begin of the

party, not only now throughout this election but going forward. they made it very clear as far as who was going to begin and who was going to anchor tonight. they acknowledged they have seen the error of their ways, black women vote most frequently, consistently and fervently for the black party. they wanted to make sure they weren't embarrassed to showcase african-american women. now whether that resonates will be shown in the fundraising. we don't have any audience to cheer. if you see that tick up, that means that message is resonating. >> it's a different arena compared to any convention we've watched in the past. doctor, i want to go to you because monday night bernie sanders called voters to remove what he called the world's most

dangerous president. will that be enough to bring voters on? in 2016 they were so furious about hillary clinton becoming president, they refused to vote. how likely is it that we will see something similar happen again? >> there are a couple of things that are quite different than 2016. first, there was a space through these unity task forces. i happen to serve on the health care task force to be able to inform the policy task force of both parties and the nominee for president. i think that went a long way to moving the platform in left in ways that are really, really critical. they haven't gone far enough for a lot of pro zbres sifs but it is an important opportunity to say, we hear you. we understand. second, you heard bernie sanders talk tonight. he put that platform in some clear context, particularly contrasting the fact that right now we have an existential threat to democracy occupying the oval office.

then the last piece that i think is really important is donald trump is in fact president. going into 2016 a lot of people thought it was impossible for him to win. we have seen what 3 1/2 years of a donald trump presidency means. nobody wants to see another four. we're going to recognize. although many of us are frustrated about the primary, we realize the existential threat of donald trump. we will push for real change. when i talk to progressives across an east wing state, they recognize the responsibility we have. we have to fight towards a democracy and a free college tuition. people realize what we need to do and what's at stake. >> mo kelly, what do you think the democratic party needs to do in order to be more inclusive when it comes to female black voters, far left progressive voters and can the obamas,

bernie sanders and others unite the party and include everyone? we can't assume that all of those voters are sitting watching this for starters because it is a very different convention to any other, isn't it? you can't assume that people are sitting home watching this. >> well, if anything, it is a television event. i thought the democratic party was very clear and specific in showing a multi-lingual, multi-generational, multi-cultural america so everyone could feel a part of something that they actually could not be a part of because of covid-19. moving forward, they will have to do that. one thing i noticeds about tonight specifically was the tone toneality. it was somber, subdued. americans telling about their difficulties. that's inclusive of african-americans but not exclusive to african-americans. that was important to give, if you will, an analogy. they wanted more of a pbs feel

as opposed to spike or. they wanted america to come together. if you can do that, that will resonate. >> this has got to get to other platforms if the democratic party want to see younger people here and get engaged. doctor, how much harder will all of this being in the midst of a pandemic, particularly with cuts to the postal service making the likelihood in mind. i don't think my vote will get counted and they're too scared to line up to vote. they don't want to run the risk of getting covid-19. >> there is no doubt covid-19 hangs on a sector of this entire

election season. there was a very different toneality that this format of conventional loud for which allowed the feel, the tone to be a lot more focused on the issue at hand rather than a rauk does democratic crowd. the way we consume information is via social media. a lot of the best pieces will be cut up, moved on to facebook, twitter and instagram. that will be important to spreading the message. to the final points about covid-19 and the ability to go out and vote, we have to remember what actually created this in the first place. failed presidential leadership. the reason we're all still worried seven months on in this pandemic about whether or not we might get sick if we go out and vote, it's because there has been a failed president failing

to lead with respect to taking on this pandemic. the keyway is we need new leadership. i think people recognize that. i think you're going to see really bumper voting this year, some of it by mail-in ballot, some of it people putting on a mask and waiting in line because this is existential when it comes to the future of our country. >> mo kelly, doctor, thank you both for talking to us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. still to come, a well-crafted convention speech. how much do they ma sner do they create a bump to the candidate. we will speak to a former speech writer about that. awesome internet.

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it was a speech that would propel him to the national stage and ultimately the presidency. when then illinois state senator barack obama gave the keynote address at the 2004 democratic

national convention, it was a moment few could forget and showcased the power of an electrifying address. >> if not a liberal america and a conservative america, there is the united states of america. there is not a black america and a white america and latino america, asian america, there's the united states of america. >> cnn senior political analyst joe avlon joins me now. author of "washington's farewell" and "wing nuts" and former speech writer of new york mayor rudy giuliani. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you, rosemary. >> a lot of speakers have lined up. we've heard from some, including former first lady michelle obama. what stood out in her address particularly and what is the key to a great and memorable

convention speech? >> it's such a great and important question. michelle obama's actually a great communicator in her own right, and she really has an ability to speak from the heart but to throw some subtle jabs. i think that the heart of her speech was about character. it was the most important thing in a presidency and it's what's most glaringly lacking about this president. she tried to tie aspects of the obama legacy and presidents mentioning ragan, eisenhower. donald trump has been a stark departure from that and he hasn't got the ability to empathize with other people and that's what the presidency is about. you know, a grei've written convention speeches, there are many of them, there's a positive vision of the nation. some democrats sometimes have a hard time embracing patriotism in a full sense.

most want to keep it at an arm's length, but successful progressives in particular know how to tie their vision to something that's fundamentally patriotic. great speeches do that. you're seeing that tone get hit over and over so far in this convention. >> we certainly saw that very much at the start of it, didn't we? also republican john kasich spoke. how significant is it that he's from the rival party and do you think that could potentially change the hearts and minds of other republicans who may be questioning the direction of their party right now, which of course is clearly the hope here on the part of the democrats. >> i think it's easy to forget how extraordinary that moment was. it wasn't just john kasich. it was kristie todd whitman, former governor of new jersey. meg whitman, she ran for governor of california, close

ally much mitt romney. it was susan molinari. so it's not just kasich, but it is so extraordinary and unusual to have that many members of the opposition party line up to say that they cannot support the incumbent president of their own party. meg whitman said he's bad in business. john kasich said he's bad. there are a large number showing major signs of dissent. it's very difficult to find folks who voted for hillary last time who are going to vote for donald trump this time. it is not as difficult to find folks who voted for donald trump who aren't going to do it a second time. it's impossible to imagine republicans pulling off anything similar in their convention. >> historically, how often has a convention speech moved the needle in any significant way?

>> look, candidates can get a big bump out of their conventions. john mccain got a bump out of his with a very strong speech. it's classic. a new coveted convention speak. barack obama, using ray porter. those moments matter. they can create real bumps. it's about tying the personal vision to a patriotic perception. tying the past with the present projecting onto the future. that's what great speeches do. >> john avlon, great to chat with you. thanks so much. well, the president of belarus is under growing pressure to step down. mass demonstrations, demanding new elections. the president says not until you kill me. cnn is on the scene in minsk.

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antigovernment demonstrations in belarus are in their secretary weeond week.

thousands of people filled the streets for the ninth straight day. embattled president alexander lukashenko was heckled. there won't be any new elections until you kill me. cnn's fred pleitgen joins me. blunt words. what might that signal about his likely next move? >> reporter: i think it will be very difficult for alexander luca shenk could he to make a comeback. it is continuing to pile on the pressure. they want to report accurately.

you're seeing one sector after the rest being lost from alexander lukashenko's grasp. when they were yelling at him, that was a difficult moment for him. that is the industrial backbone from the country. at the same time, all of this is a diplomatic realm as well where a lot of people are wondering what russia's next move is. they're seeing where all of this goes and it was an international diplomatic stage, rosemary. >> critical to see what russia does. frederick pleitgen joining us live. many thanks. thank you for your company. i'm rosemary church. you're watching cnn. have a great day. when we started our business

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