all of us. >> many democrats speaking last night, washington times highlighting four republicans also spoke at last night's first night of the convention, john kasich, former ohio governor, susan molinari, 1-time vice chairman of the republican caucus 1990-1997, former new jersey governor christine dodd whitman, administrator of the epa under the george w. bush administration 2001-2003 and the former ceo of hewlett-packard, meg whitman, republican candidate for california governor and co-chairwoman of the presidential campaign, couple highlights, we start with curtis in baltimore, maryland, joe biden on the first night. >> we have to leave this program. you can watch our programs online, c-span.org.

the u.s. senate is about to come in, part of our long-time commitment to bring gavel to gavel coverage of congress and now live to the floor of the u.s. senate on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order.

the parliament will read a communication to the senate. the parliamentarian: washington, d.c., august 18, 2020. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ted cruz, a senator from the state of texas, to to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until stands adjourned until they are holding every three days while an legislative recess, they will be back on tuesday september 8 on 3:00 p.m. eastern, and the house members are in the district work. the house speaker nancy pelosi is calling members back to washington to debate u.s. postal service legislation, they will gobble into session saturday morning starting at ten eastern, you can watch live coverage on

c-span, the u.s. senate on c-span2, coming up on monday, postmaster lewis testifies about postal service operations during the upcoming presidential election that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. period this afternoon president trump will deliver in yuma, arizona on immigration, border security, watch live coverage beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, also online as c-span.org or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >> coming up on book tv congresswoman ilhan omar omar talks about her journey about being a refugee in somalia to a member of the u.s. congress, and heather lundy details her experience entering local politics in her hometown of