catherine gale, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: the washington post hosted a discussion on this week's democratic national convention in the presidential race. reporters and columnists discussed joe biden's speech and what to expect that next week's republican convention. >> good morning. welcome to first look. the one-stop shop for news and analysis all about the democratic convention. join me each morning for up-to-date information from washington post reporters, followed by commentary from prominent washington post columnists and contributors. we are starting this morning after the democratic convention with the man we started with. joining the conversation is washington post fact checker. good morning, welcome. >> good morning. with you.start give me your initial reaction to the speech last night by former vice president and now democratic presidential nominee, joe biden. >> i thought it was a very strong speech, probably one of the best speeches of a former vice president and democratic money has given his long care

announcer: catherine gale, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: this week, it is the republicans' turn. starting monday and for four days, the republican national convention. hear their vision for the future and priorities for the next four years. watch president trump and vice president tense accept their party's nomination. beginning monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. at 8:30 p.m. eastern, the evening session kicks off. watch live on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app.

next, catherine gale, founder of the institute for political innovation, argues that our political systemeads to voter disenchantment and partisanship. andches by lyndon johnson perry goldwater at their party conventions there than president trump's announcement of fda emergency authorization to expand access to convalescent plasma treatment for coronavirus patients. ♪ susan: katherine gehl, in your notebook, you write the american blick system has become the cause of our decline in the barrier to address the problems it exists to solve. when you look at america today, what are you seeing? katherine:

tonight, catherine gale, with her book, "the politics industry." >> the division that we see, the gridlock's that we see as a our incentive to keep , incentivelse out not to compromise ever, because it works better for them to leave a problem unsolved than to compromise and give a little on either side. they would rather leave the problem unsolved and keep it is an issue for the next election. announcer: tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: this week, it is the republicans' turn starting monday and for four days. republican national convention. here their vision for the future and priorities for the next four years. watch president trump and vice president pence except their party's nomination. aginning monday at 10:00 --9:00 apm 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch live on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. before the convention's evening session, watch c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern for past convention speeches by prominent politicians. watch past convention speeches at the start of the republican national convention monday,

announcer: catherine gale, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: the washington post hosted a discussion on this week's democratic national convention in the presidential race. reporters and columnists discussed joe biden's speech and what to expect that next week's republican convention. >> good morning. welcome to first look. the one-stop shop for news and analysis all about the democratic convention. join me each morning for up-to-date information from washington post reporters, followed by commentary from prominent washington post columnists and contributors. we are starting this morning after the democratic convention with the man we started with.

catherine gale, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. president trump spoke earlier at the 2020 council for national policy meeting in arlington, virginia. the president continued to criticize the use of mail-in voting during the pandemic. ♪ [applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting] >> usa! usa! usa! pres. trump: you are really fantastic. thank you very much. and thank you to the council for national policy. my brother, robert, would have wanted me to be here today. thank you very much. [applause] together, we are committed to protecting the american people, preserving american values, defending america's heritage in keeping america safe, strong, prosperous, and free. , kelly,o thank bob m. kell your tremendous leadership. you have done a fantastic job. we are also joined by the acting secretary of homeland security, who has done incredibly, chad wolf. where is chad? [cheers and applause] thank you very much, chad. you are right in the heart of it. some big things coming. very big things. good job. also, lieutenant governor, da

. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, institute for political innovation founder, catherine gale, with her bookustry." the decision we see that division we see, the gridlock that we see is the result of having people who are in cented to work for a part of each other and expected to keep everyone else out. they are incented was not to compromise ever because it works better for them to leave a problem unsolved, than to compromise and give a little on either side. they would rather leave the problem unsolved and keep it as an issue for the next election. , sundayrine gaehl night on c-span's q&a. >> the republican national convention gets underway on monday, c-span coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern, as delegates meet in charlotte, north carolina to nominate president trump and vice president pence for a second term. that night segment gets underway at 8:30 p.m. eastern. biden accepted the democratic presidential nomination from wilmington, delaware, during the final night of the democratic national convention. we also heard speeches from senator tammy duckworth, former mayor of south bend, ind

on q&a,y night catherine gale with her book "the politics industry." >> the money that we see, the gridlockwe see is a result few who are incentive to work far apart from each other and are incentive to keep everybody else out, and they are incentive not to compromised ever because it works better for them to leave a problem unsolved than to little on and give a either side. they would rather leave the problem unsolved and keep it as an issue for the next election. >> catherine gail, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. byt: we are joined democratic representative john sarbanes-oxley maryland, a member of the house -- sorry veins of ireland, a member of the house -- john sarbanes, a member of the house oversight committee. he will talk about the upcoming hearing and legislation in front of the house today. good morning. guest: good morning. it is great to be here. host: first, i would like to know what you thought about friday's hearing in the senate with postmaster general louis dejoy. did you learn something you did not know? what was you

next, catherine gale, founder of the institute for political organization argues that our current system lisa voter disenchantment and an unhealthy level of partisanship. after that, speeches by president lyndon johnson and republican nominee barry goldwater at their party conventions. then president trump's announcement on fda emergency authorization to expand access to convalescent plaza treatment for coronavirus patients. ♪ susan: katherine gehl, in your new book, you write the american political system has become the cause of our decline in the barrier to address the problems it exists to solve. when you look at america today, what are you seeing?