. >> reporter: the football field holds decades of special memories for michelle john. >> we broughthe line down around here. and there was screaming. i mean, people were just so excited. there were so many people, it's packed. >> reporter: it was here just months after california's deadliest wildfire destroyed much of the town, that the community rallied to honor the graduating seniors. >> the kids have gone through so much trauma. they lost their schools, friends, teachers. if i could have given them any one little gift, that's the only thing they asked for. >> reporter: for so many, it was a moment of healing after so many months of pain. november, 2018. >> move, people. >> reporter: a campfire exploded in paradise, california. >> this is bad. all those homes gone >> oh tes burning next to us. >> reporter: smoke blacked out the sky as nearly 30,000 residents tried to evacuate. you can see flames shooting out of the roof of this home. check out this tree. you have flames shooting hundreds of feet up into the air. the entire community is burned to the ground. everything is gone. in

when we last had some polling from cnn, john, but the democrats hoping to get a conventional convention bump. we'll see if that actually happens. you said michelle obama, john kasich, we'll see them tonight as the democrats go remote for the 2020 convention. >> going to be fascinating to see it. joining us now to continue the conversation, host of "the ax files," david axelrod. you write today joe biden is in the strongest position of any challenger to an incumbent president in recent history. if you average our polls, we get 51% to 42%. a nine-point lead for joe biden but as you know, as you know you were in obama '08 and obama re-elect in 2012 when people thought mitt romney might have a point. we have had three two-term presidents in a row, an anomaly. what is challenge number one for joe biden with this congress veng -- convention? >> getting people to know joe biden. people don't know that much about joe biden. they have a -- they know he was vice president under barack obama. they don't know that much about what he did as vice president. they lived with him the loss of his son beau and see people connection with people who struggled and su

thursday night i'm going to be live unlike michelle obama. >> john roberts is tracking the president'satest road trip. hey, john. >> donald trump highlighting joe biden's campaign strategy of staying at home, the president winging his way through two important battleground states and picking up a big endorsement. >> joe biden has nothing but rhetoric, donald trump has a policy. >> in the battleground state of arizona donald trump picking up second endorsement from the national border patrol council slamming his opponent as soft on illegal immigration. >> biden's plan would unleash a flood of illegal creation like the world has never seen. biden's plan is the most radical, extreme, reckless, dangerous and deadly immigration plan ever put forward by a major party candidate. it must be defeated and it will be to feast on november 3rd. >> he won arizona 53 and have points with democrat see an opportunity to flip the state. joe biden leading by two points in the real clear politics average. the president suggesting biden doesn't have the stamina for the grand canyon state. >> this is like a

it goes from bernie sanders, michelle obama, john kasich, republican governor who ran for the nomination back in 2016. so that gives you a peek into what we're expecting as the convention kicks off tomorrow. >> thank you, jessica. >>> and my next guest has been added to the speaker list after originally being left out. joining us now is former democratic presidential candidate andrew yang. you put out a tweet saying that you weren't on the schedule and so now you are speaking. how did this come about? >> the power of the yank i can't think oig. they released the primary lifts and i wasn't on it. and i'm grateful to all the people who expressed that i should be there. >> you had attracted a large following on your platform of universal income. and ted lou pointed out that the lack of asian speakers at the dna before you were announced, he called it a slap in the face. do you agree? >> i'm very proud to be the first asian american man to run for president as a democrat. and i met people around the country that were inspired by my candidacy. having someone from different communities on that

bernie sanders, michelle obama, john kasich on deck, used to work here at >> tucker: good evening andcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it's amazing how quickly a civilization goes backward. it takes just a moment to destroy it. as it turns out, that can happen anywhere. just three months ago, this was a different country. whatever its problems, america in the spring of 2020 was making good on its basic principle. all men are created equal in the eyes of god and in the laws of the united states. most people believe that was true. that's why they came here. this country offered opportunities and safeties to everyone regardless of what they looked like. we were proud of that. we had a right to be proud. and then, over memorial day, a man died in police custody in minneapolis. our leaders responded to his death in an unexpected way. they decided that america itself was a lie. they decided this was not a country founded on the promise of equality. instead, they told us that america was 250 years in expression and cruelty. in ways big and small, they have been working feverishly to undo the

think more than anybody deserves credit for joe biden being that nominee, and bernie sanders, michelle obama, john who knows what it is like to run against donald trump. he warned of the republican party what trump would do, and look at where we have gotten to. >> neil: al all right. perspective is everything. thank you very much. it should be interesting, virtual or otherwise. john podesta, he has advised so many american presidents. one area where he draws distinction. joe biden will make the same mistakes that donald trump did not, four years later continues not to. in the meantime, we have a lot more coming up here. not only what's at stake in the convention but for the markets. are they telling us about the outcome already? after this. placement ♪ (vo) through our love promise, subaru and our retailers are proud to be replanting 500,000 trees... ...in areas devastated by wildfires. subaru. more than a car company. webut you can't lose sight of your own well-being especially if you have a serious chronic medical condition. at aetna, we're always here to help you focus on your health. because i

bernie sanders, michelle obama, john kasich on deck, used to work here at >> tucker: good evening andt." it's amazing how quickly a civilization goes backward. it takes just a moment to destroy it. as it turns out, that can happen anywhere.

john kasich. i'm pretty sure they did take michelle obama. and if you look at what they're saying, you take the substance of what she said and you play that in every living room in america, i'm not sure we know what we don't know about what happens next. >> joy reid. >> yeah, i mean hear hear. i just second and third everything that has been said here. riveting. michelle obama is riveting, was riveting. one of the best speeches i've heard her give, and i've heard her give many speeches. it was brilliant in that it wasn't really personal about donald trump. it was simply saying this is a really difficult job being president. it's hard, and he's just not capable of doing it. he's just not up to the job. it is what it is, right? i mean she literally said this

michelle obama. we expect before ohio governor john kasich.ou can watch all of the convention on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. republican governor jo

. >> i'm joined now by michelle goldberg, john flanory, and you obtained the usps documents with these proposed changes that change the mail processing in a way that could disenfranchise people. hello, aaron, you got the big story and the big head phones which gets you extra credit on "the beat." i hope by the middle of the weekend you're listening to something better than the news. walk us through what it means when you take something that can sound like bureaucracy, okay, deadlines, third versus first class, many experts are setting an alarm that says it goes to the heart of our voting rights. >> that's what's so interesting. it can sound so innocuous when it is put like business conse e conservism and efficient operations. it could be quite impactful for how mail moves. basically, what the post office is doing, they're removing about 15% of the letter sorting machines that ballots may be through in october and the early part of november from their sorting facilities around the country. this move has been in the works a long time because mail volume is down. that's a trend that's goi

host: as well as michelle obama, we expect to hear from governor john kasich. guest: absolutely.ight there that shows you the unity they are trying to present. you have john kasich on one side of the spectrum, former republican governor who ran for criticnt four years ago, of donald trump. he just came out and said he is backing joe biden. he will be on one end and bernie sanders on the other end. broad,to showcase that anti-trump coalition joe biden is trying to signal. host: is it the strength of the speakers that will accomplish that? especially the technological hurdles that have to be crossed this time around. guest: one of the things i will be looking out for is if they can pull this off technologically. it will be a serious hurdle. i think the fact it has been this is down so much -- going to be an event with multiple hours every day where you can cram in every elected official and labor leader, activist, ordinary citizen, whatever. now they only have two hours of primetime programming every night. you are only getting basically the top democrat and top anti-trump republic

bernie sanders, michelle obama, and john kasich all talking tonight.me for the republican national convention, which beginnings next week. >>> hundreds of students and their families live lined up at three oakland schools today where they received chrome book laptops which they will get to keep as their own. mayor libby schaaf was on hand for today's distribution. it's part of the oakland undivided campaign, which seeks to ensure that every student is equipped wait computer and internet access at home. the school district superintendent said the ongoing economic impact of the pandemic is creating hardships for many families. >> we're anticipating that there may be weeks drawn on to months, just more families that may be in need. so just continuing our fund- raising efforts to make sure ongoing that we're able to provide these critical resources to our students and families. >> so far the campaign has raised $13 million, with a majority of the donations coming from local tech leaders. >>> and we've put together a school survival guide on ktvu.com, with

we awe former president obama, michelle obama, republican john kasich all describing president trump in very similar terms to what we now hear from the president's own sister and she also describes the president as someone who only cares about himself, talking about an incident where she asked him for a favor to get the attorney to call president reagan and push ahead her nomination for a federal judgeship. >> donald's out for donald. period. when he said -- he started to say something to me, well, look at what i've done for you. and i said you have done nothing deliberately. i have never asked him for a favor since 1981. when i was being highly considered to go on the federal court. on my own merit. >> reporter: and the president's older sister argued that president trump hasn't accomplished anything in his life on his own other than the multiple bankruptcies that he has undergone. the president did respond to this in a statement last night provided by the white house. every day it's something else. who cares? i miss my brother and i'll continue to work hard for the american people.

senator bernie sanders of vermont, also the former ohio republican governor john kasich, but it was michellebama getting a lot of attention. a washington post story saying that in "the centerpiece speech of the night, a searing indictment of her husband successor, michelle obama declare the president mishandled the pandemic and failed to respond over outcries over the deaths of black americans and warned the nation would suffer more if he was elected to a second term." you can see the full speech on our website. here's a portion from michelle obama last night. [video clip] >> what we do now? what is our strategy. years, peoplefour have asked me when others are going so low, does going hi still work? high isr is that going the only thing that works. the we go low, when we use same tactics of degrading and dehumanizing others, we become part of the ugly noise that is drowning out everything else. we degrade ourselves, we degrade the causes for which we fight. let's be clear. going hi does not mean putting on a smile and say nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. going high mea

stay up for you and chris because baby wine during michelle, i think means drinking wine in michelle, got the john lewis t-shirt and hoops laid out for tomorrow because chelle from the south side showed up tonight. is she motivating for black women to get out to the polls and encourage other people to go? >> is it bad if i tell you i don't think we were her audience tonight? i think she was best speech and didn't feel like a pep rally as i stated before. i do think there was obligation she had to draw in the audience from all the books she sold, not just black woman audience. michelle obama has a way of tearing down barriers, saying this isn't political, tell you about character. >> every man. >> just push through. she's so skilled at doing that. that's why they called her the closer on obama's campaign. >> very good point. bernie sanders reached out to bring the left on board, more progressive side of the party on board. republicans like john kasich trying to bring right on board, independents, really just people who think logically and have sense in the moment. will it work? >> it worked tonight

heard senator sanders, bernie sanders of vermont and a former ohio republican governor john kasich but it was michelle obama getting a lot of the attention last night to the "washington post" story saying it's a centerpiece speech of the night a searing indictment of her husband barack obama's -- michelle obama declared the president has mishandled the pandemic in this failed, to respond over the death of black americans she warned that they may should would suffer more if elected his second term could you can see the full speech on their web site atsp c-span.org t here's a portion from michelle obama last night. c so what do we do now? what is our strategy? over the past four years a lot of people have asked me when others are going solo is going high still really work? my answer, going high is the only thing that works because when we go low, when we use those same tack ticks of degrading and dehumanizing others we just become part of the ugly noise that's drowningug out everything else. we degrade ourselves. we degrade the very causes for which we fight rave so let's be clear, going high does not m

a great man and president obama honoring him that way was poin nant. >> michelle you had a similar encounter with congressman john right? >> that's right. it's not a secret i struggled in last three and half years with the utter despair of living through this particular administration. so i met john lewis in 2007. i ran into him when he was campaigning for john osoff who is now running for senate at the time was runner for special election in georgia sixth district the first that was to be a referendum how americans felt about this new and awful administration. john was john lewis's former intern and he was out campaigning and i asked him what i asked people then which is whether they thought america was going to survive this man. and he was utterly confident that it would. you know. this is somebody who has faced the absolute worst that this country, you know, i think i wrote in my column, he was the best of this country and faced the worst of it. and he talked about how they didn't know when they marched across the bridge at selma they didn't know they'd get the voting rights act, people said they wouldn't get

former first lady michelle obama and governor john kasich.tuesday's list, president clinton and alexandria ocasio-cortez. and former president obama. and on thursday, more of joe biden's former 2020 rivals will appear as he accepts the democratic nomination for president. one name you are likely to hear through the week is that of bo biden. joe biden's son who died in 2015. senator harris talked about the relationship that they had during the announcement of her being picked to join the ticket. the memory of bo biden is something that clearly binds senator harris and former vice president biden. mj lee, tonight, takes a closer look. >> reporter: joe biden selecting kamala harris as his vice presidential running mate. a decision, he says, is all in the family. >> kamala, you've been an honorary biden, for quite some time. you know, i came, first, to know who kamala was, through our son, bo biden. they were friends. >> harris, once the attorney general of california, served alongside biden's son bo. >> i would now like to introduce a great atto

john kasich. you're going to have a day where you have michelle obama, bernie sanders, and john kasich. you see the biden cares campaign really trying to show they have a coalition that they believe they're building as they head into the general election. >> susan, let's talk about this net positivity rating. kamala harris, the only candidate on either ticket who has a net positive rating. she's at a plus five. so pence, biden, and trump, they're all underwater. tru trump by 12 points. can you explain what this rating means and how significant the numbers are? >> it shows she had a very good rollout as being announced as the vice president nominee for the democratic party. it will -- she'll start getting some hits. she will get some negative numbers showing up down the road because she'll be back in the public eye. it's not unusual, in fact, it's very normal. what she has shown is that she can go out there and make a case against donald trump. and by him responding to her is a big mistake because the way he does it in his racist, misogynist way, he turns off those moderate republicans a

michelle obama, gretchen with it mer and former republican of ohio john kasich.> trace: mike, thank you. >> sandra: jackie heinrich in wilmington, delaware with a preview of the messaging this week. what should we expect to see, jackie? >> good morning, sandra. this biden/harris ticket has gotten criticism from all sides from progressives that biden and harris, a former prosecutor, are not liberal enough and then on the other side from republicans saying that both harris and biden have moved further to the left in recent years and have controlled by radical socialists. the objective of the dnc will be to present a united front leading into the big tent party identity long enough to vote president trump out of office. former republican governor john kasich is speaking at the dnc is same night bernie sanders will take the stage. >> our message is very clear to every single voter. you are welcome at the democratic party table. the democratic party is the party of inclusion. if you voted in the past for donald trump, come to us because if you now have seen that he ha

michelle obama. we expect before ohio governor john kasich. you can watch all of the convention on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. republican governor john kasich is doing with only a few politicians have done, just the other party's convention. joe lieberman, an independent, spoke in support of john mccain. senator miller represented georgia in the u.s. senate and was governor of the state for two terms, standing on the stage in new york city 16 years ago, he supported republican president gorge w. bush and opposed john kerry. [applause and cheering] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. a whole new generation of the miller family has been mourned since i sat in that ox. for great grandchildren along with all of the other members of the close knit family. they are our most precious possessions. i know that is how you feel about your family also. i believe the next four years will determine what kind of world they will grow up in. leaderar i asked which is it that has the vision, to best

denounced by both democrats and some former republican officials, including former ohio governor john kasich. michelle obama urged the nation to vote for joe biden. >> 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. amy: s sator berninie sanders, o ran against biden in the primaries, warned that trurump s leleading the nation towardd authoritarianism. >> we are facing the worst public health crisis in 100 years and the worst economic collapse sincece the grereat depression. we are confronting systemic racism and the enormous threat to our planet of climate change. and in the midst of all of this, we have a president who is not only incapable of addressing these crises, but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism. amy: the republican national convention will take place next week. trump says he will give his nomination acceptance speech live from thehe whit

include a host of people that range the spectrum including bernie sanders, michelle obama and former republican governor john kasich from ohio. really a spectrum there. we're also getting a sense of how this will work, los angeles, new york, milwaukee and here in wilmington, delaware, where we're told joe biden and kamala harris will both be accepting their nominations. we're told there will be speakers spread out all across the country. it will tie into themes that the speakers will be talking about. thirdly, various people within the party, delegates have been sent broadcasting tips. this time they're going to 57 locations for that roll call which will be quite the technological fete. there will be a truck stationed here in wilmington. the producers and directors can punch up shots from all across the country. we are told there will be emcees mostly anchored out of los angeles guiding the programming. we'll see how it all shapes up tonight, the first night of the democratic national convention. >>> a new cnn presidential pole shows the race for president tightening significantly. 50% now back the biden/har

michelle obama, bernie sanders, john kasich, really explaining the spectrum of speakers that will be here, because tonight's theme is "we, the people." they're trying to make this message come through that they welcome everyone to support the biden/harris takicket this year. we got information about what this might look like logistically. there are four set stages. one near wilmington, one in milwaukee, where the convention was originally supposed to be anchored with thousands of delegates yelling in a convention hall. los angeles and new york. in addition to that, there will be a number of speakers spread out across the country. they'll be at historic sites that are going to be tethered thematically to what they're talking about, i'm told. and production kits sent to delegates, members of the party, people all across america who can set those up in their home and they'll be using that for the roll call. again, something we'd typically see in a convention hall. they'll go to 57 different live shots on that one. and then also for reaction shots. so as the speakers are speaking, a truc

michelle obama, senator bernie sanders and john kasich, a new poll shows a tightening race.owed since june with 50% of registered voters backing the biden/harris ticket while 46% say they support trump and pejs n june biden had a 14-point lead over trump. overall this poll shows a bigger lead, 51% are backing him while 42% trump. i want to talk about it with cedric richmond. congressman, thanks for joining us. i want to get your reaction to this new poll showing a tightening of the race. why do you think it is if it's accurate. >> if it'sccbb and flow of a rice but other three of the fuhr po -- four that came out, the last one had nine points. it very well may be this one is an outlier but if not it's the normal ebb and flow of a presidential campaign. >> i want to turn to the postal service. the postmaster general has agreed to testify before congress. ted lieu and wrist wray and hake should investigate and what, if anything, is the potential crime? >> well, absolutely i think they should investigate. one a potential crime could be tampering with a federal election. two, it

and all the people, everybody from john kasich to bernie sanders, to michelle obama.everybody across the country, because joe biden has always said that it takes two wings to fly, that it takes everybody being at the table in order to make a decision. and his politics has always been premised on the idea that you can't add by subtraction. and you shouldn't demonize your opponent but focus on what binds us together as americans. so i have a lot of policy disagreements with some of the republicans that come on board. for joe biden, joe biden understands that. he's not asking me to endorse john kasich, he's asking me to endorse joe biden, which i'm doing. >> okay. michelle obama is also speaking tonight. i'm expecting that we'll see a lot of the obamas the next few months, until election day. what do you foresee in terms of their role in this campaign? >> so much of what we know about joe biden we know because of how he served with barack obama. he always had the back of the country's first and only african-american president at this point. and for eight years, they were

day one, night one, speakers spanned the political speck ftr from bernie sanders to john kay sichl kasich. michelle obama kicked things off. >> donald trump is the wrong president for our country. he has had more than enough time to prove he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. he cannot meet this moment. he slim cannot be who we need him to be for us. it is what it is. >> 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 the former first lady's necklace made headlines which aptly display the message "vote." and bernie sanders also issued a scathing attack on the president during his dnc speech last night while pressing the point that voters need to unite behind joe biden. >> on this administration, authoritarianism has taken root. we must build a nation that's more equitable, more compassionate, and more inclusive. i know that joe biden will be

michelle obama. >> shannon: white house correspondent john roberts tracking the president's latest road trip, hey,ohn. >> hi shannon president trump moved with joe biden's campaign strategy of staying at home, the president winging his way through two important battleground states in a big endorsement. >> joe biden has nothing but red brick. president trump has accomplishments. >> in the battleground state of arizona today, president trump picking up his second endorsement for the national border control -- patrol council and soft on illegal immigration. >> we will unleash illegal immigration like the world has never seen. biden plan is the most radical and extreme i'm a reckless, dangerous and deadly immigration plan ever put forward by a major party candidates. it must be defeated, and it will be defeated on november 3rd. speak with the president won arizona by 3.5 points in 2016 te democrats see an opportunity to flip the state. joe biden currently leading by two points in the real clear politics average. the president suggesting today biden doesn't have the stamina for the grand canyon state.

tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday with a variety that includes bernie sanders, michelle obama and a former governor john kasich who is speaking at the democratic national convention. a lot to watch as we head into monday. jessica dean, cnn, will ming top, delaware. >>> with me from los angeles, michael genevai from los angeles. let's starts with that latest cnn poll showing the biden/harris ticket 4 percentage points ahead of the trump/pence ticket. how surprised are you by how close this is? >> i think this was a very close race from the beginning. this is 11 weeks. we won't have a clearer picture until a few parties later. there's the popular vote and the electoral vote. the other way is if republicans can be successful in voter suppression and if the mail-in ballot continues and they don't resolve that before the election. there is concern the elderly and vulnerable won't have an opportunity to vote. should the rest of us consider voting in person? >> well, i think this is the universal problem. not just the elderly or the infirm. who wants to go to a high school gym in the middle of a pandemic with

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john kasich. former first lady michelle obama. biden and harris made no public appearances over the weekend, but harris spoke to a website and had this to say. >> i would encourage everyone, look, you may not fall in love with who you are voting for, but if you just look at a piece of paper on the issues impacting your every day, there are so much on the line in this election. reporter: the dnc cochair, new jersey governor, defended biden's lack of public appearances. listen. >> i'm sure the vice president will be between now and election day up to his eyeballs in interviews and debates, balancing public health with the democracy is something we have to get right and i believe he's gotten it right so far. reporter: president trump is into sitting still. he's taking his message to battleground states today and today he travels to minnesota and wisconsin and tomorrow arizona and then thursday he will head to pennsylvania. all of this while in washington the battle over mail-in ballots continues with senator pelosi announcing she's b

those outside the party, republican john kasich and, of course, former first lady michelle obama. in terms of the technology, stephanie putter, executive of this event, said that success will be if no satellite feeds go down. backups to the backups to the backups to try to make sure this goes out without any glitch. in terms of how the actually going to look, some of the speeches will be pre-recorded, like former first lady michelle obama's, including former president bill clinton who is going to speak tomorrow night, but most of the major speeches will be live, including from former president obama, senator kamala harris will speak on wednesday and then, of course, the big keynote address by joe biden on thursday. there's going to be a virtual roll call, andrea, with delegates stretched out all across the country, and then they're going to be watch parties as well all across the country. i'm told these watch parties were sent production kits by the dnc to get shots out virtually and the night of that big address on thursday, i'm told there are going to be watch parties and drive-

john kasich bernie sanders to michelle obama, this is a strong team.rt in texas, republican line, hello. caller: how are you going to pay for all of this stuff? medicare for all. guest: that's a good question. i don't believe that we talked about medicare for all last night. our spending, our deficits are at record levels so what i can tell you now is where we spent the last four years have been out of control. when biden is elected, you will see a sense of normalcy not only in the tone of the country but in the priorities. that is a change that is needed. host: is it your opinion that medicare for all is the approach or adapting to obamacare? guest: we need a decision that gives people affordable health care, especially under the pandemic. obamacare is strong and we need to keep it and make sure that trump and his allies cannot rip it away, at a time that many of us are hurting. we have to remain cognizant of that, health care is a fundamental right and needs to remain so. bay, --om doris, polity holiday bay, florida. caller: you are publishing everyt

. >> michelle cortez in minneapolis. johnsns bloomberg school of public health spoke to us about herd immunity. we spoke about plans to reopen schools this coming term. >> the threat of the virus was existential to new york. the number one concern. if they can get this fixed, other things could happen. that was extremely important. they conveyed that sense of urgency through all those press conferences. the second thing is people in new york really understood that. because of the leadership and because of the things that affected them. whatreally mattered for people did. >> just one image here, i live right up by the mount sinai hospital complex. the sirens went all night. at 1.i counted eight ambulances .utside mount sinai that was in april. joshua sharfstein, what to they need to do in texas and florida? >> i think again, prioritizing the virus, getting levels down, so they can safely do things like opening schools and going back to some essential activities that are threatened. by coronavirus. i think the leadership, the me

tonight, former first lady michelle obama, senator bernie sanders, republican john kasich will be on stage. let's dig deeper into the decision-making with me now is dnc communications sochi hinojosa. >> good morning. >> good morning. you usually have conventions and pep rallies and balloons coming down from the ceiling. none of that is here and it's in a moment when cnn's new poll, you've seen it out this morning shows that the president is trailing biden by just four points. that's the margin of error. the cnn poll of polls shows nine-point spread in favor of biden. what do you need to do to generate excitement about your candidate? >> well, first of all, this is an unconventional convention but also in unprecedented times. you have families across the country who are battling with whether it's safe to send your kids to school, people who lost their jobs, and we have people we know of people who have died from the coronavirus, and so i think that tonight especially, we will focus on we the people, that will be the theme for tonight and the overall theme for our convention is uniting

that is why we salute john skploo lewis and michelle obama we have seen leaders who care.hink that you know, within the police structures and within our government structures, man, i am a believer like let's put some love in the atmosphere whether you are republican or democrat that is not what i'm basing it on any of this i am talking about true leadership and caring for human beings >> jimmy: yeah let's roll up the sleeves and figure it out and have a conversation where we hear each other and there is like there is something we can do and help each other out some people said i never heard that conversation before thanks for bringing it up. while we are talking about it. i don't like this. let's go >> my thing is like it's cool. it's okay to disagree or to say some things that actually sometimes some of the thing that said is go to hurt the other party or the other side, you know hopefully it becomes one side at a certain point. but the truth has to come out. that is what healing is. healing is okay, i had these pains and i had some hurt and i felt this way. i have to rel

speakers, the speakers monday night range from bernie sanders to republican former governor john k sick to michelle obama chris meagher dnc deputy communications director says the virtual platform allows for a wider variety of speakers and entertainers and it's forced the dnc to get creative this is the convention stage. >>we've ever had before really excited about the next 4 days this is a. >>campaign about whether or not we maintain american democracy, senator bernie sanders says he'll focus his convention speech on what he views as president trump ignoring traditional norms and on the administration's pandemic response what you are seeing all over this country is people in economic. >>desperation i love the idea of having you could have somebody. >>you know really interesting pop into zoom call because they can do it's where they are have you go on ski will be one of many democratic delegates, zooming in from home. she says she thinks the convention will still drum up enthusiasm for the biden-harris ticket is a lot of people are talking about missing convention in this that or the other i don't

variety within the democratic party on monday, that includes bernie sanders, michelle obama, and a former republican governor, john kasich, who actually ran for the republican nomination back in 2016. now, speaking at the democratic national convention. so a lot to watch as we move into monday. jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> and a new cnn poll shows joe biden's lead over donald trump has narrowed, significantly, since june. overall, half of registered voters back the biden/harris ticket. while, 46% say they support president trump and mike pence. that's right at the poll's margin of error. and with me, now, from los angeles, political analyst, michael genovese, good to have you with us and a lot to cover, of course. but let's start with that latest cnn poll showing the biden/harris ticket only 4%afou percentage points higher. given the controversy surrounding the u.s. postal service, how surprised are you by how close this is right now? >> i think this looked like a close race, from the very beginning. now, we're still a long way away. 11 weeks. and we won't really have a clearer picture until the wee

bill clinton and joe biden, focusing in unite don't make unity with sanders and john kasich speaking, along with michellebama, who went after president trump urging people to vote like your life depends on it. >> this election is about preserving our democracy. during this president's term, the unthinkable has become normal. >> we are being taken down the wrong road by a president who has pitted one against the other. he is unlike all of our best leaders before him who worked to unite us. >> 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. >> harris: however, president trump today said the former first lady's speech missed the mark. watch the president. >> i thought i speech was very divisive. frankly, it wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for barack obama. we are standing in the white house, i wouldn't be in the white house except for barack obama, because they did a bad job. biden and obama. if they did

night could change but bernie sanders, republican governor of ohio, former governor john kasich and first lady michelle the coalition. we have the obamas, very important. we have bernie sanders, trying to put together the progressives with the more centrist joe biden and a republican governor, a guy in the house balance the budget. what is the message here? >> i think the takeaway from that night will be michelle obama, michelle obama and michelle obama. probably the best speaker that the democratic party has to offer i would say and probably the only speech that anyone remembers out of that opening night. african-american women obviously so crucial to the democratic party's fortunes in the fall so listen. bernie sanders i'm sure will give a great speech. john kasich i'm sure will give a great speech and wanting to get the moderate republicans to vote for joe biden and then with bernie sanders the progressives to be excited about this candidacy of joe biden but michelle obama is the takeaway from that evening. >> i think more generally going to be fascinating to see how they try to pull it off and make

variety within the democratic party on monday that includes bernie sanders, michelle obama, and a former republican governor john kasich who ran for the republican nomination in 2016 now speaking at the democratic national convention. so a lot to watch as we move into monday. jessica dean, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >> and a new cnn poll shows joe biden's lead over donald trump has narrowed significantly since june. overall, half of registered voters back the biden/harris ticket while 46% say they support president trump and mike pence. that's right at the polls' margin of error. with me now from los angeles political analyst michael, a lot to cover. the biden/harris ticket only 4 points ahead of the trump/pence ticket given the pandemic, high unemployment, controversy surrounding the u.s. postal service. how surprised are you how close this is right now? >> it looked like a close race from the beginning. we have a long way to go, 11 weeks. we won't have a clearer picture until after the conventions. it will likely be another speaker like four years ago. donald trump has two paths to victory. one is basically a

formerrer ohio governor john kasich, senator bernie sanders and michelle obama are slated to speak onight of the convention. carley: hillary clinton and elizabeth warren will speak on the third time. former president clinton and obama are also slated to speak. todd: this as joe biden has yet to pick his running mate. peter doocy has the latest on the vp race. >> reporter: joe biden's running mate has a calendar that's quickly filling up. the campaign e-mailed supporters an invitation to a grass roots fundraiser, said please join vice president joe biden and our running mate for a grass roots fundraiser, date and time to be announced. whoever it is has been subjected to what some democrats see as an unprecedented amount of opposition research dump. >> it's always been a tough game. it's gotten much worse over the last several years. >> reporter: one contender is taking an offensive position on the trump response to covid-19, susan rice. >> we have the worst performance of any developed industrial country in the world. hands-down. and it is all because president trump has mishandled thi

one republican governor, john kasich, and rounding out the night the big stars former first lady michelle obama. neither obama or harris made appearances over the weekend. >> i encourage everyone, look, you may not fall in love with who you are voting for, but if you just look at it on a piece of paper with the issues impacting you every day, there is so much on the line in this election. reporter: dnc cochair new jersey governor had this to chair about the lack of biden's public appearances. >> i'm sure the vice president will be between now and election day up to his eyeballs in interviews and debates balancing public health with democracy is a something we have to get right and i believe he has gotten it right so far and i'm sure he will continue to. reporter: president trump not sitting still as he will travel to several battleground states. he will go to minnesota and wisconsin and tomorrow arizona. thursday he will go to pennsylvania while back in washington the battle over the mail-in ballots continues as senator pelosi bringing congress back. she says alarmingly across the nation

bill clinton and joe biden, focusing in unite don't make unity with sanders and john kasich speaking, along with michelleesident trump urging people to vote like your life depends on it. >> this election is about preserving our democracy. during this president's term, the unthinkable has become normal. >> we are being taken down the wrong road by a president who has

anything to fact-check decide the fact that the ap did fact checks on misleading statements by michelle obama or john joe biden the nominee himself. so, now the fact checkers are back and given prime time spots and make sure dangerous information isn't passed along. this analysis that we saw last night, it's the wwe of political punditry. in other words, just like in fake wrestling, the outcome is already decided. in other words, the analysis was already decided that it was going to be three words to describe those speeches we are -- that we saw last night and throughout the week, dark, ominous, decisive, you name it, that's the way it was going to go. and, look, this last night last night wecht very well from republicans. having some of those speeches at the melon auditorium evan there. it's a better venues that the who he emergencyized zoom meeting festivus that we saw last week. an airing of grievances that we saw from the dnc which appeals to the woke mob but not necessarily to independents. that's what it seemed to be last night at the rnc. outreach to independents in pennsylvania, ohio, michiga

michelle holder, an assistant of economics at john jay college at the city university of new york saysmpact covid is going to have on workers quote, if a period where joblessness is low, worker haves more leverage, because of the pandemic, the leverage that workers had, including black women, has now been stymied. joining us now, the president of one fair wage. she's the director of the food labor research center in berkeley. thank you for joining me. the issue here is that if you can never catch up to wages then there is no chance of building wealth, and when things like this happen, these economic shocks in which people are laid off, women get hit harder. women of color get hit yet harder by surveillance chew of the types of jobs they hold. >> that's right, and we're not even talking about building wealth. wealth talking about having savings or some ability to survive through a crisis like this. everyo even in those lower wage jobs they're paid less and i think it's important to understand this dates back a long way back in history to slavery. at emancipation there were several indus

john kasich, i mean welcome to the party i guess? i don't know. >> we have to be a big tent. you can imagine, you're going to have both michelle obama, who is pay your cable bill. you want to see her more than anybody, and bernie sanders and john kasich on the same stage, on the same night that is remarkable. it's a sign, you know, this is what's hard about being a democrat. it's why joe biden's choice is difficult. you have to hold together a broad, diverse, multiethnic, religious, generational multigender party. it's good training for holding together the united states of america. >> yes. >> i remember when barack obama had jim leach, a republican, i was so angry, i was so angry. turned out it worked out that obama was reaching out to republicans. i think it's wise biden is reaching out to republicans so i think welcome, john kasich. >> his was nicer. thanks to you both. sam miller, i'll throw the name out there to have you shake your head. >> i loved zell miller. >> thanks for being with us. >>> the biggest college sports conferences are discussing whether to cancel football this fall. a doctor from one of the nation's bigg

john kasich, winner/loser? >> let me start with michelle. michelle obama is kind of like that democrat who has sat by for the past four years just enraged but also just deeply saddened and depressed and who -- >> she said so much. she said she was -- >> yes. exactly. and so she knows better than anybody, i think, just kind of what malaise can lead to and how that can lead to apathy. and i think she's not an optimist in the same way her husband is. and so she's thinking very tactically about this. and it was a message to all americans but also, i think, to black americans, too, who have a long history of working very hard to vote. it's don't let people take your vote away from you. you have agency, but you have to act on it to eugene's point. you really have to force this issue, and it might take waiting in line all night to do so. john kasich. you know, after watching michelle last night, i just think, who? i mean, it's just -- i just think michelle stole the night, and i think that she's going to be an asset going forward. and if i were in