or amtrak. sara feinberg is one of two nominees to be a director of the amtrak board of directors and she joins us by video link. ms. feinberg has notable experience in passenger rail matters. she is currently the interim president of the new york city transit, the largest transit system in north america. from 2015 to 2017, she served as the acting administrator and ad mrtor of the federal railroad administration. while serving in this role she was transportation secretary -- she was -- she was transportation secretary anthony fox's designee to the amtrak board. she formerly served as chief of staff at the u.s. department of transportation. in private sector role, and as a special assistant to the president and senior advisor to the chief of staff under president obama. chris coose has also been nominated to serve on the amtrak board of directors, he also joins us via video. he's served as mayor of normal, illinois, since 2003 and a principal achievement for his municipality in this time was the

. >> he's known as amtrak joe. >> amtrak joe. >> biden has made more than 7,900 round trips to washingtonrmal thing for an adult man to think trains are that cool? not really. but so what? the guy wants more trains. it's not like he wants to nuke hurricanes. he's not out here trying to buy green negreenland, for christ's. we can live with trains. throughout his career in public service, joe biden served the people with honor, integrity, and sometimes free massages. seriously, his biggest scandal was plagiarizing part of a speech once. can you even imagine that being a scandal today? i.d. kill for a scandal like that today. at least with plagiarism, you know the guy can read. but joe biden's greatest achievements came as the 47t 47th vice president of the united states where he served alongside -- ♪ ♪ -- barack obama! that's right, your favorite president, the savior of the economy, the hero of healthcare, nobel peace prize rine whicher and, oh, yeah, murderer of osama bin laden. that's barack obama. >> obama! >> joe spent eight years as president obama's trusted right-hand man, working so

there was a video about amtrak and how he commuted back and forth from washington, and respected andind to the workers on amtrak, and i think you will see more about the pieces of his personality that is well known to us who pay a lot of attention to politics but may not be as well-known to people who are not as engaged on it. just give a sense of really the key piece of biden's political brand, that he is a good guy, a guy with a heart and empathy that he is going to work hard to fight for every single working person and not just for the rich or other elite. that is at the core of how he is running. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, barbara, democrat's line. barbara, good morning. sorry, thanki am you very much. i want to get my thoughts about the convention last night, which i would say in my words, polite. not the usual screaming, and i will be doing that and that. thathing was, the photos they give you this polite message was that the photos of the common people throughout that program last night were were's,, because they they were me and, the ending of misses obama's touching wor

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amtrak says two of its trains were stopped as a result of the collision. one at richmond station in the second east of the station. >>> the bay area toll authority says too many drivers who have been crossing bay area bridges since the beginning of the pandemic are not paying their bills. drivers without fasttrack get a bill in the mail, but only 65% of them are paying on time. the toll authority says that's roughly $4 million a month in unpaid tools. >> we do want to collect the tolls and treat everyone the same who goes through the positive, so we will be making some decisions about contacting people and in some cases maybe applying fees. >> drivers without fasttrack have been getting billed in the mail since march when the governor removed toll tankers to slow the spread of the coronavirus. >>> developing news in southern california where a wildfire exploded in size from 400 acres this afternoon to more than 10,000 acres tonight. the lake fire is burning in the angeles national forest near lake hughes, north of santa clarita. 500 homes are under evacuat

that amtrak story of joe biden, you can't make that stuff up. tha that is real stuff. you can't make character. you can't fake good kids and you can't fake character. joe biden is a good man and it showed. the woman who was talking about her father who died of covid because he believed donald trump, i mean, if you have a functioning brain stem and a human heart in your body, you can't help but feel the devastation -- when she said there are two americas, the one where president trump lives and the one where my father died, there are stories of the american people who came through tonight. listen, they took a bunch of risk from a production point of view. some of that stuff did not work, but the stuff that worked really broke through. and i believe that creating a permission structure, as andrew said, for the republicans to move over and say, i may not agree with everything biden does, i sure do not like the left wing of that party, but there is some decency here i want to be associated with. there is some character here i want to be associated with. there is some empat

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and is nice to the engineers on amtrak, which is lovely. love that. but that does not mean that you have the competency to be president of the united states. and at one point, joe biden was without when morgue doing an interview, highly edited. watch. >> what do you think the next thing that we have to do, glenn? >> there was a big uprising, but then it settled down. we can to let settle down. >> people are ready, we just got to keep pushing. we can't let up. >> laura: that's a lot of substance, dinesh, keep pushing. you can't let up, what? what does that mean? >> this is reminiscent of the movie "being there" i don't mean to be trespassing on raymond's hollywood territory, but uttering the bromides that meant absolutely nothing but people around him would respond in applause and admire his genius. that's what we have, and embarrassing spectacle, but for the rest of us it is like no amount of declaration can see all the obvious fact. >> laura: ratings for this, youtube was going down as it went down coming to watch the youtube numbers, what

and he is the amtrak guy. that video of amtrak workers was especially powerful. when you look at how historically important the question of does he care about people, you see how critical that is so that is why i picked that is really important in the third piece was when he said don't let them take away your power, don't let them take away your democracy. those are the 3 sections to critically he knows who joe biden is that michelle obama talked about this too, someone who cares about people like you. shannon: you mentioned hillary clinton. she was hoping to be the incumbent at the convention this year, she spoke tonight as well. that is one of steve's pics. >> joe picked the right partner in kamala harris. she's relentless in the pursuit of justice. >> this is one of the things she's having to balance. her record as a prosecutor, putting people behind bars for a lot of reasons out there with a very different tone about law and order, the criminal justice system being unfair, she's walking between her past and present. >> is and what it points to is a number of

personality why because he lost his wife and daughter to a car accident many many years ago and he took the amtrak every day to washington to be able to take care of his 2 sons so that's what he's going to play out showing he is warm he's fit for all the job and he's a much more humble and reliable person than president donald trump and we know that by not only needs to galvanize the democrats but he also needs to widen the party's appeal needs to pull in those independents and undecided voters is he on the right path there that is a very good question you just mentioned the last 3 days i mean we saw many many different types of democrats many older statement i mean president obama delivered a an unprecedented speech last night rebuking don't jump in the way a vigil president has never done before but what was missing and what is really criticized highly by the rather liberal than draw of the progress isn't a lot of the rather left leaning democrats it's that they won something from fair kind of ticket in the game and joe biden doesn't stand for that so it shall be interesting to see how he tries

. >> they didn't get anything in the cares act when the airlines were getting money, when amtrak wasetting money and they say those are our direct competitors and in many of these towns across america, what connects these towns to cities is not amtrak, it's not the airline, it's the motorcoaches. they didn't get anything some of these businesses got ppp. about 10% of them got loans of more than $150,000 but they haven't been able to bring back employees the way they wanted to because business hasn't returned right now there's a bill pending in the senate introduced by main senator collins and that would provide $10 billion for the bus industry but that includes school buses which is much larger they are hoping it all gets wrapped up. >> thank you for that update on the bus industry sticking with the outbreak and it's ripple effects a growing number of companies continue to make changes when it comes to qualities focused on safety and the coronavirus outbreaks. joining the likes of starbucks, apple and walmart as corporate america tries it's best to navigate through this virus pandemi

i thought the video of the amtrak workers that kicked off the convention on monday and it was especially powerful and i think that when you look at how historically important that question of "does he care about people like me" or does she in the case of miller clinton, -- the third piece of obama's speech was when he said don't let them take away your power, don't let them take away your democracy and that was the get out the vote portion. those of the three sections to me but i think critically he knows who joe biden is in michelle obama talks about this too and he is someone who cares about people like you. >> shannon: you mention hillary clinton. if she was hoping to be the incumbent at the conventions this year. she spoke tonight as well and that is one of steve's picks, so we will play that. >> joe picked the right partner in kamala. she's relentless in the pursuit of justice. >> shannon: steve, i mean, this is one of the things she's having to balance now. her record as a prosecutor and somebody who put a lot of folks behind bars for a lot of different reasons and now out there wi

immediate responses were provided by two additional amtrak's that were with them. this was as well as the safety bow. >> eight marines were rescued, when died, to remain in critical condition. the others are back aboard of their assigned ship. this is the third time in less than a decade camp pendleton marines have been injured or died in an amphibious assault vehicles during trading. >> all aav's across the fleet will be inspected. >> a central valley teenager is the first child to die from the coronavirus together for. the teen had other health conditions but they have not released any further details. >> tonight the state is there wrapping up of the worst months since the pandemic began. more than a dozen acanthus. yesterday along with 96 new deaths the monthly death toll beyond 9000. >> tonight we are learning marathon refinery and martinez will close indefinitely. prior to covid 1000 contractors per day could be working on site. picklist to live look i capital here. negotiations between democratic leaders and white house officials will continue throughout the

actually relate to people who ride in an amtrak and who maybe don't sit in first class.actually seems to have hit a fortuitous time because even his gaffes don't seem to matter. he won't be in a country club with $200,000 members applauding for him. is that the bottom line here for biden? >> he's led a life. he's had real tragedy, real experience in his life. he's lived in his community, all right? he's a very experienced, human, humble person, who is exactly what we need now. by the way, every politician says dumb things. his gaffes i don't think are really gaffes, to tell you the truth. trump is sitting there with jonathan swain talking about it is what it is, couldn't answer a question and biden says something to the hispanic and black journalist, makes an observation that there are cultural distinctions. i don't know. everybody covers that. i mean, i think he's doing just fine. he's got the right kind of experience. he'll do fine. he wants to be comfortable with diversity. he's making a big decision. there is no reason for him to hurry the decision. the press can wai

personality because he lost his wife and daughter to a car accident many years ago and he took the amtrakry day to washington to be able to take care of his two sons. that is what he is going to play out, showing he is warm and he is fit for the job and he is a much more humble and reliable person than president donald trump. brent: we know that biden not only needs to galvanize the democrats but he needs to widen the party's appeal and pulley those independent and undecided voters. is he on the right path? >> that is a very good question. you just mentioned the last three days we saw many different types of democrats, many older, president obama delivered an unprecedented speech last night rebuking donald trump in a way which a president has never done before. but what was missing and is really criticized highly by the liberal and progressive and left-leaning democrats is that they want something from their ticket in the game and joe biden does not stem from that so it will be interesting to see how he tries to reach out to that branch of the party. brent: a very good point. i have to as

. >> laura: no, joe biden rides amtrak and is nice to the engineers on amtrak which is lovely, i lovehat. but that does not mean you have the confidence and competency to be the president of the united states, dinesh u peered hopefully, dinesh, joe biden was going to do a little bit of interview intersectiona. a watch. >> what you think the next thing we have to do? >> it's a big uprising but then it settled down. we can't let things settle down. >> i think people are ready we just got to keepep pushing. we can't let out. >> laura: that's a lot of substance there, dinesh. keep pushing. can't let up. what? what does that mean? >> this is reminiscent of the movie being there. theater seller. don't mean to trespass into raymond's and you are as follow what it territory, but it's a complete bromide that meant absolutely nothing but the people around him respond with thunderous applause. admiring his genius and that's what we have with biden, embarrassing spectacles but for the rest of us it's more likely the effort has no close and no amount of declaration can conflict conceal that fact.

to get to the final resting place the rush to the amtrak. to. hello and a war welcome to focus on europe i'm lara babalola thanks for joining us europe's last dictator is clinging on to power as bella ruffians rise up against their longtime leader with mass demonstrations and strikes in state owned companies people are outraged at recent election results they accuse incumbent president lukashenko of rigging the ballot after he claimed more than 80 percent of the vote . well their anger is fueled by the group talent he being unleashed upon them by authorities pictures of beaten and bruised protesters have been seen around the world despite censorship attempts by the authorities now even those working for lucas shango are switching sides yeah go or 1000000 off is one of them the police officer handed in his badge after witnessing the clampdown. minsk august 9th election night. from the window our camera team captured the scene. of protesters kicked in the pit of the stomach. for days and nights since then i've shown this kind of police brutality w

there is no thai food or filipino food i actually have to get on the amtrak and go home. [laughter] but on the flipside what we pay for this entire house is less in my studio apartment in chicago. that is an incredible feeling. we did a drive to the flower farm just to warm up the car and gas is $1.44. i cannot go back to that traffic i don't know if i can go back things that i miss but they are convenience things. >> what about seeing black people every day i do see a fair amount of black people. i don't know what to call him but they take care of our whole lives and then to say okay there is a whole black lives town and a soul food restaurant that chicago is the most segregated city in america. [laughter] there are all kinds of people there. it is a little bit of an adjustment but not as bad as i thought and i found some good stuff to not anymore but before the pandemic back when there were restaurants in the before times that we went to. >> the last question tell us about your writing process. >> i always wait until the last possible minute. i have a couple of end of t

i want to see more amtrak conductor, "new york times" security gard, and 13-year-old stutterer from new hampshire. they humanize joe biden. as david pointed out, i think what they need most of all is a frame, a frame on what donald trump is going to do for the next four years. we have yet to hear that agenda. and a frame, a consistent frame against joe biden. i don't think we've developed it, and those clips showed you it's like whack-a-mole. and i don't think -- no campaign practitioner thinks that that speech is helping to drive, as david said, more people that aren't for you or on the fence. there's just not a frame that the electorate is processing all that garbage through. and so i think if i'm them, it's highly produced, it's tight, it's on message because once you let president donald trump go, it is a -- you're launching a torpedo and it's unclear what the target is. >> to our audience, we're so fortunate to have these three professionals on what sure feels like it should be a friday night. susan page, david plouffe, robert gibbs, thanks for hanging out and staying up late with

michelle obama's speech, bernie sanders, the amtrak video, the video for bruce springsteen's song, "the rising," that's going to be a lot of content that will be bouncing around the social media. >> i watched your video with nicolle wallace and it knocked me out. of course, we have always been the nation sending election monitors. in my lifetime it's been jimmy carter going to honduras, nicaragua, but our earnest, show the flag, we do things right, we believe in democracy, american election monitor, who would have thunk our country may be in need of election monitors. >> it's amazingly disconcerted. i think if you're not alarmed with what's happening with the postal service, you are not paying enough attention. david has done a lot to bring it to the forefront the last few days as well. look. it's -- there's a lot at stake. i thought michelle was incredibly powerful. david's right. the last 30 minutes of the convention was really, really well done, and i thought michelle's speech, the power of it seemed as if you had four or five people sits around the table and somebody was getting som

the amtrak segment. >> okay. >> joe biden treats everybody with the same level of respect. he understands their struggles and understands their hopes and dreams and donald trump is incapable. donald trump -- i hope he speaks every night because the more he speaks the deeper he digs his hole. >> okay. >> and what we've seen from all the people is, again, a joe biden who is exactly what our nation needs. >> i get the character message there, but as you know cnn's latest polling shows trump and biden neck and neck in the battleground states. i mean very much within the margin of error there. these are the states that turned the election in 2016. what is your message to those swing voters, the folks who voted for obama in 2012, 2008 and voted for trump in 2016. how are you going to get them to come back in 2020? >> well, we heard from a number of them last night, people who they believed donald trump. they believed in what he said that there would never be a plant closure. they believed him when he said he'd have the backs of family farmers and he's had a knife in the back of f

but sure, yeah you might be, this is true, my son and my family, my wife or my kids were taking the amtrak train from new york city to here to washington, d.c. to this event and the train was struck by lightning, my son texted me and he said you're not going to believe what happened tonight. destiny, that's what were witnessing, you will see them coming in late but this is destiny, a couple of things i will say that we can't do any rows in the country, first of all where is jim, jim stand up one second, he's done so much work for the lost history and all these other things and he gets to be her, i love you and thank you for all that you do, i am assume you covered all your stickers, find jim if you want to sticker of a legal version of me. when you meet him, he's your man he's like a drug dealer of lego stickers. >> that does look like me, this is yours. so now here's the other person i want to think, i don't do this anywhere else, raise your hand, this is amy, we call her amy wagoner, it was a couple years ago, my history teacher contacted me saying she was sick and she needed a kidney or

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dnc actually had a video about biden's time on the amtrak train back in forth from wilmington to washington and back. actually he launched his presidential campaign june 9th, 1987 at this railroad station. that campaign was doomed and only last three and a half months. biden was accused of exaggerating his resume and plagiarizing campaign speeches. the campaign said he had to drop out because it was overrun by the exaggerated shadow of his past mistakes. 33 years later almost biden gets another shot tonight. "special report" continues after this with more on the race to the white house. ♪ i'm a performer. -always have been. -and always will be. never letting anything get in my way. not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. and certainly not arthritis. new voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. and it can help you too. feel the joy of movement with voltaren. (vo) because we know you want to get back to going your speed... ...steering life at 10 and 2. you're prepared for this. and so are we. soon you'll get back to skipping the counter without missi

the best part of the whole night was the little video saying they did with joe biden being the amtrak. i think that highlighted his touch with blue-collar people. obviously, they portrayed african-americans really prominently and they really hammered the covid-19 stuff, and they really were focused in on winning back the rust belt and those obama-trump voters. you want me to tell you the truth? here's the truth. virtual conventions are pathetic. it's not the democrat's fault, it's the chinese communists' fault, even though the democrats won't tell you that. it was a series of badly delivered and kind of awkward state of the union responses poorly edited together. failed mayors, failed governors, failed candidates. notice the two bright spots weren't politicians. and they just papered over all the violence as the bodies pile up, and this ride for the last couple months has caused over a billion dollars in damage. they told lies about gauges and boxes and ppe. i'm okay with that but here's the thing, joe biden was an afterthought. joe biden, the only time he really came out, they sat hi

michelle obama's speech, bernie sanders's speech, the amtrak video, the video to bruce springsteen's song "the rising," for people who didn't want the convention tonight, and a lot of people didn't, that's going to be a lot of content bouncing around social media for the next few days. >> mr. gibbs, i was watching your conversation with nicolle wallace this afternoon, and it just plain knocked me out when you mentioned -- and of course it makes sense -- we have always been the nation sending election monitors. in my lifetime, it always seems like it's been jimmy carter going to honduras, to nicaragua, jimmy carter going to haiti. but being our earnest, show the flag, we do things right, we believe in democracy, american election monitor, who would have thunk our country may be in need of election monitors? >> it's amazingly disconcerting, and i think if you're not alarmed at what's happening with the postal service, you are not paying enough attention. david has done a lot to bring it to the forefront the last few days as well. look, it is -- there's a lot at stake. i thought michell

than 12,000 days ago that biden launched his first presidential campaign, way back in 1987, at the amtrak in wilmington, delaware, which was named after him much later in 2011. while biden gears up for his big moment tonight, president trump is preparing to speak near biden's birthplace in scranton, pennsylvania. fox news has's told president trumbull accused biden of spending the last spokesperson told ap, "joe biden is hiding and taking voters for granted, but the trump campaign what makes a mistake. his agenda will kill jobs and hurt families in the keystone state, which is exactly why he won't confront voters in his hometown." mollie, let me start with you. you know, observers have said, over the course of the dnc, over the past couple days, that there is a very stark contrast that is being set up between the ruling class, the political elite. they are bringing back politicians that have been on the scene for decades and decades and decades and decades. you bring up the clintons, the obama's, biden himself. you bring out john kerry, the kennedys, all these folks that kind of have repr

yesterday, we heard direct personal encounters that amtrak workers had with jill biden.ay we'll hear from jackelyn, the security guard from "the new york times" that biden can connect to people across the country. >> stand by. the convention is playing out after the firestorm of mail in voting is heating up. john king has more. the fears of voter suppression, what it could all mean in key battle grounds. what are you learning? >> wolf, the president says mail in voting is full of fraud. it is not. democrats say they have questions for the postmaster general that threatened maybe we can't deliver the ballots to the people on time. let walk through this in a couple different ways. in someways the conventions could be more important than ever. this is our electoral map. let's walk through the timetable. 30 states will be open for voting when the first presidential debate is held on september 299tth if that debate holds. president trump wants it earlier. 30 states will be voting meaning some people cast their ballots before the two candidates have their first debate on the 2

beyond the happy talker, beyond the flag wagging and joe biden makes phone calls to people he meets on amtrakt you're left with this, what are the activist in the party, the people driving momentum and collecting voters, what did the believe? we will bring you more of it in the days ahead. >> we appreciate it. pastor darrell scott as standin by with fiery responses from both to kamala harris acceptanc speech, stay tuned. as you get older, are you worried about staying sharp and alert? forebrain, from the harvard-educated experts at force factor, contains key ingredients to help boost memory, learning, clarity, focus, and more! rush to walmart and find forebrain, our #1 brain booster, in the vitamin aisle. ♪ >> laura: kamala harris >> kamala harris acceptance speech about as electric as the state of california right now. focus groups going to be tested out and you would expect that including this one. >> this virus, it has no eyes, and yet, it knows. exactly how we see each other. so that be clear, there is no vaccine for racism. >> if you want to blame the from covid on, l eve got it,. the fi

childhood, his life as the kid from scranton who survived the loss of his wife and daughter and rode amtrak back and forth to the senate, and connect that to what he would do as president. so, that's hard to do. and it's hard to do in a moment when the expectations are incredibly high, but he did that while also listing us up and giving us a vision of what a future could look like. a lot of people knew, of course, knew who joe biden was. he's the democratic nominee for president. but they only knew that he was barack obama's vice president and that he wasn't donald trump. and he gave us a lot more to work with last night. a lot of democrats, like bakari and others who may not have supported him in the primary, something to wrap their arms around and get excited about. and that's pretty important for this period of time, just over 70 days out from the election. >> bakari, he also talked about coronavirus, and basically said it didn't have to go this way. it didn't have to become the catastrophe, the national catastrophe that it is. so here's that moment. >> after all of this time, the presid

now it's being put in place around tunnels and bridges and here at penn station where amtrak trains arrive, for example, from washington, d.c. washington, d.c., is not on the list of hot zones but maryland and virginia are. now it's important to point out that this system is going to be enforced by the new york city sheriff's department. not the nypd or the state police. the sheriff's department is the courts. they enforce summons, subpoenas, evictions, those sorts of civil actions. they are the ones that are going to be doing this. and the goal, the main goal, is to provide information to people so that they will self-quarantine and that they can fill out these forms and that contact tracers can follow up if need be. but the bottom line is, new york wants to keep this number down and they want to know where people are coming in from out of state who might be carrying the virus. stephanie? >> ron, thank you. let's head to the hard-hit state of texas where one hospital there is so overwhelmed, they have had to helicopter patients out of the state to keep up with the massive surge in patient

i have to get on the amtrak to go home.t on the flipside, what we pay for this entire house, it's less than my studio apartment in chicago. that is an incredible feeling. we did a drive to the flower farm just to warm the car up and tried to do a long drive and pass the gas station and gas was like $1.44. and it's like i can't go back to the kind of traffic where everything is expensive. i don't know that i could go back. there are a lot of things i miss thabut they are mostly convenie. [inaudible] >> guest: there are a fair amount of black people. i don't know what to call it, but the guy that takes care of the lawn and our whole lives is a black dude and i remember when i first met him i was like okay, there's a whole black side of town and a soul food restaurant, so there are more than i thought there were. but you know, chicago is the most segregated nation in america estimates not there's all types of people that you don't always -- it's been a little bit of an adjustment but not as bad as i thought and i found some go

get beyond the happy talk, the flag waking and joe biden meets phone calls to people he meets on amtrakyou're left with this, what are the activists in the party, the people driving momentum and collecting voters, what did the believe? this is what they believe. >> we look forward to it, thank you so much. darrell scott as standing by with fiery responses from both to kamala harris acceptance speech. stay tuned. >> tech: when you've got auto glass damage... ...safelite can come to you. >> tech: and you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: just leave your keys on the dash and we'll replace your windshield with safe, no-contact service. >> tech: schedule at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ (announcer) improve your health, and strengthen your immunity., starvation dieting, processed foods, shakes, and diet gimmicks have made us heavier and sicker. the solution for losing weight the right way is golo. we help transform your body and change your lifestyle, so you can lose weight and get healthier. over 20,000 people of all ages, and entire families, s

you walk around manhattan and you see the long lines at food banks, and even recently, as i was on amtraksome guy eating literally out of the trash. you've been traveling this country. anecdotally, how bad is it for people right now? >> look, it's really bad. but part of the problem, kendis, is the point you make that a lot of these people are voiceless, right? the homeless population in america is voiceless, the poor population. 40 million people are food insecure, meaning they don't know where their next meal is coming from. the number of food banks have increased. the working poor are not at their jobs. the poorest of us work in muliv multigenerational families sometimes and don't have jobs to go to. what they do understand is poverty and prosperous. people who are prosperous get this at a much lower rate, people who are poor get it at a higher rate and die from it. this is destroying pieces of our society, and as we fix the coronavirus, you can't fix the economy until you fix the coronavirus, but as we fix that, we have to look at the ways in which we fix our underlying equality in am

nice to hear the amtrak trains in the background from wilmington.emocrats are looking to unite the party at the convention and they're going to get help from joe biden's former primary opponents and we're joined by one, former dm c eer democratic candidate. mayor buttigieg, good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> same here. nice to be back. >> i want to start with a comment president trump made today. he said quote the only way we're going to lose this election referring to himself and his campaign, the only way we'll lose this election is if this election is rigged unquote. what's your response? >> well, first of all, he's losing the election right now. let remember this. donald trump is historically unpopular president. he's losing to joe biden. that doesn't mean that he'll automatically lose. we got to do the work. we got to earn this victory. that's the state of play. and for him to try to preemptively attack the legitimacy of the election by definition if he loses it on one hand not surprising and something we need to prepare for as a countr

wilmington and, as you may hear during this live shot, right near, one joe biden's favorite things, a real amtrakthis is unlike any other major ipolitical event we've seen. >> woodruff: lisa, tell us a little bit about what to expect tonight. what is the message the biden camp, the democrats are hoping to convey tonight. >> all right, you know there are themes every night. the official theme tonight is "we the people." but i want to drill down farther into what can t campaign is telling me they want to do tonight. two things. their theme is going to be unit. joe biden is someone they say will unit this country. tonight in particular, they will lookt at the three crisis the democrats say are hitting this country now, the economic kris, the health crisis with the pandemic, and the racial justice crisis. so all through tonight they will raise these crises, they will say that this is a time when this country needs strong leadership and unity that joe biden can provide and that donald trump as president has made worse and sometimes even sparked. >> woodruff: well, speaking of president trump, yamiche,

office in a hospita a single-father senator, biden commuted from wilmington to washington aboard amtrakght. he met jill jacobs, a teacher, on a blind date in 1975. they married two years later. >> everyone knows i love her and she loves me my name is joe biden. i want to be the democratic sidenee for president of the united states. >states. forreporter: he ran for president in 1987 but dropped out after being accused of plagiarism. a year later he suffered two brain aneurysms but would later write he had no fear of dying. >> judge thomas. >> reporter: biden chaired the clarence thomas supreme court nomination hearings in 1991. last year, he apologized to anita hill, who accused thomas of sexual harassment but faced scrutiny and hostility. >> to this day, i regret i couldn't come up with a way to get her the kind of hearing she deserved. >> reporter: he drafted the 1994 crime bill. it pushed crime down but incarceration rates up. >> hi, i'm joe biden, running for president. >> reporter: his 2008 white house campaign went nowhere. >> the vast majority of people in line haven't made up the

i have to get on the amtrak and go home.n the flipside what we pay for this entire house is less than my studio apartment in chicago. that is an incredible feeling. like, we did a drive to the flower farm like just to warm the car up. we try tried to do a long drivd we passed a gas station and gas is like $1.44. it's like i can go back to the kind of traffic where everything is -- i don't know that i could go back. there are still lots of city things that i miss, but they are mostly convenient things. >> do you miss seeing black people everyday? >> they have a fair amount of black people. i don't know what to call him, like the guy who takes care of our lawn that takes care of our whole life is a black dude, and i remember when i first met him i was like, okay, like there's a whole black side of town and there's like a soul food restaurant over there so it was, there are more than i thought they were but it still isn't like -- chicago is the most segregated city in america. there are a lot of all types of people there but yo