with jennifer o'malley dillon and tom perez offering a preview of day one of the democratic national convention. that's life a few minutes now. at noon, a conversation with former secretaries they hillary clinton oneign policy hosted by the atlantic council and later president trump gives her marks on the economy in minnesota. live coverage of 3 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> former first lady michelle obama and 2020 presidential candidate bernie sanders addressed the democratic national convention tonight. what coverage at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. live streaming and on demand. listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span. your unfiltered view of politics. >> you are watching c-span, your

unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies and brought to you by your television provider. >> many of these speakers tonight appearing from other places than milwaukee. but we have the preview of who you will see tonight. the first latina to lead a senatorial campaign committee new york governor andrew cuomo, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, jim clyburn, john kasich, former ohio governor, republican presidential candidate in 2016 bernie sanders, senator from vermont, who you will remember is the vice president -- was the vice president's main rival in the 2020 primary. those of the speakers for tonight.

when it comes to those who will speak from wisconsin, who will be based there, if you go to the milwaukee journal sentinel, they have video what that area will look like. showing you the stage, which you can see. that is for those who will be based in wisconsin. that is the platform you will see. a couple of cameras. and some of the technical equipment that is involved. for those in wisconsin, that is where they will speak. dent and the nominee for vice president vice president joe biden's technical person for the campaign posted on his twitter feed what that will look like when they make their speeches later this week. they plan to stand in front of several video screens. on those screens there will be people from across the united states zooming in and watching

the long as both vice president joe biden except the nomination and the kamala harris except the nomination for vice president. -- accepts the nomination for vice president. during this hour, when it comes to political conventions themselves, do they matter? what do you get from them? here's how you can let us know. (202) 748-8001 for republicans democrats (202) 748-8000 and independents (202) 748-8002. if you wish to text us, you can do so at (202) 748-8003. you can follow us on twitter and facebook. political conventions and if they matter. republican line, redwood california tom, go ahead, you are on. caller: c-span does not take criticism well at all, especially you, pedro. what i would like to know is why

c-span is not dedicated any coverage at all to the kushner middle east peace deal with the uae because this is world changing. also, the guilty plea at the fbi -- host: we tackle that in a question last week. when it comes to political questions, supposedly what are you calling on -- what you are calling on, what do you think? caller: you did not devote -- host: sharon, plainfield, wisconsin, independent, go ahead. caller: they do matter, but can i tell you what does matter in the state of wisconsin? the president is coming to oshkosh, wisconsin. he is coming to get her jobs back. he saved our jobs in -- what do you want to call it? -- a little town, he saved our shipyard.

now he is coming tossed cost to save another military company that makes our military jeeps. host: that is one of the stops in oshkosh but when it comes to the convention, what do you think about it and do conventions matter? caller: no they don't because these things matter. why would a convention matter when somebody is trying to get wisconsin jobs back? host: let me ask you. if you say they do not matter tell me why. caller: at a time like this, we are worried about jobs, not about a bunch of monkeys sitting on a stage. host: >> we will leave these remarks and jennifer