it is nexgen america, but used to be nexgen climate, if i'm correct. what's behind the change? guest: we are the youth vote super pac, but we were started as a climate change organization. during the 2016 election, it was clear young people are not just single issue voters. there are so many issues that affect young people's lives and they view them all intersectionally. when trump was elected, it was clear all the things we care about were at stake, not just the future of the climate, and it was irresponsible to vote on one issue. america encompasses every issue you could imagine. host: is your organization tied to former candidate tom steyer? guest: that's right, tom steyer is our founder and a key funder. host: as far as joe biden or the vice president is concerned, how do you think he is doing currently reaching out to young people? guest: joe biden is actually doing well with young people in the polls, up somewhere between 25 and 30 points, much better than hillary clinton was doing with young folks at this stage in 2016. it is interesting the question is about reaching ou

you have been active in getting nexgen america to vote project. how did change your efforts? tom: nexgen america, for people who are watching who are not familiar with us, it is the largest youth voter mobilization effort in american history. it is eight years old, and you are right, in 2018 in the midterm elections, nexgen was on over 420 college campuses, including specifically community colleges and historically black colleges and universities. we are on zero today. we went 100% virtual on march 10 because of the coronavirus. we believe that our virtual organizing of people between 18 and 35 will be more effective than we have ever been. we believe -- and i personally believe, and that's why i started nexgen -- young people vote at half the rate of other american citizens. it is the biggest generation in american history. it is the most diverse generation in american history. we believe they have the power to transform this country with their voices and their votes, and we have been trying to give them the tools to do just that. and i believe 20/20 is going to be the year

from a nexgen or a conservative ,tandpoint to congress members a republican from new york and dan crenshaw, a republican from texas. look for them as they look to usher in a new generation of republican conservatives. guy: thank you very much. kevin cirilli joining us ahead iteration of the rnc. we are clearly waiting to see with the president has to say. , it's going to be fascinating to see what the polling looks like next week in terms of how this has changed. >> we saw the democrats bump after the convention but there

it is nexgen america, but used to be nexgen climate, if i'm correct. what's behind the change? guest: we are the youth vote super pac, but we were started as a climate change organization.

then nexgen america's benjamin russell on how his recent boost in the youthful in support of joe biden. what c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. and much complete coverage of the democratic national convention live or on-demand, and find the latest dimension -- convention schedule information on c-span.org/dnc. offers keyewsletter events. c-span.org/connect. >> on c-span monday, dnc chairman tom perez and edited -- and joe biden's campaign manager offered a preview of day one of the democratic national convention live at 10:45 p.m. eastern. at noon, a conversation with hillary clinton on u.s. foreign policy, hosted by the atlantic council. and the president travels to mankato, minnesota to get remarks on the economy, live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> and house speaker land people seek releasing -- nancy pelosi releasing this statement. due to what she's calling the devastating effects on the president's campaign to sabotage the election, i am calling upon the house to return to session later this week to vote on oversight and reform committee chai

from a nexgen or a conservative ,tandpoint to congress members a republican from new york and dan crenshawrom texas. look for them as they look to usher in a new generation of republican conservatives. guy: thank you very much. kevin cirilli joining us ahead iteration of the rnc. we are clearly waiting to see with the president has to say. , it's going to be fascinating to see what the polling looks like next week in terms of how this has changed. >> we saw the democrats bump after the convention but there was a lot of buildup to biden's speech on thursday. we will likely hear from the president again and i wonder that takes the height out -- hype out. may not deliver the big bang approach that we got from biden in many eyes outperformed expectations on that speech that he delivered on the dnc. the markets are clearly not focusing on this. they are clearly focusing on what we are going to get from jay powell tomorrow, we are drum beating towards the virtual conference and jay powell's speech tomorrow. by 1.25%, is up volatility is coming down just a touch. europe is broadly higher. coming

we have a few all the data for nex ne nexgen stats we have them on the shoulder pads and footballs too it's great way the show how we can track for our customers. if two employees get closer than six feet and do contract tracing. somebody who contracts the virus, we could tell who they been in contact with over the last number of days. >> are you seeing a permanent shift higher in terms of what's likely for sales and profitability as a result here because there's so much more -- such a bigger market >> we have seen a number of strong secular trends that were present. we have seen grocery retailers doing well and the trend around pick up at store has gone from being a niche application to a more mainstream. those trends aren't going away >> thank you so nuch for joining us the stock 80% off its lows almost a 15 billion dollar market cap thanks for telling us more about the company. >> thank you >>> still ahead, another stock benefitting from the pandemic is fastenal shares of that mask maker are near record highs. the traders will tell us if you can still buy this stock it's not just ma

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