first call for tim funk of the charlotte on or about. this comes from russellville, alicia, you're on c-span. caller: hi. i wanted to welcome mr. funk to the show. guest: thank you. caller: i've enjoyed his comments so far. i wanted to bring something to the attention of people, and it's what my mother told me when i was about five years old, and i ask what is the difference between the republicans and the democrats, because it would seem to be important, and i wanted to know, and so she said that the republicans are for the very rich people, and stand for them, and the democrats are for everybody else, and the workers and the people that are just on the street, everybody you see, the democrats stand up for them, and i found that to be true, watching both voting records throughout the years, and who's voting for what and supporting what, and i want the viewers to know not only is it important to support the president in this important election, but also, to, as much as you can, stay with the party line, because they want to know why hasn'

. >> this morning, charlotte observer political reporter tim funk previews the democratic national convention. then, mark minks, president. national right to work legal foundation discusses his group's fight against what it calls compulsory unionism, an effort to pass right to work legislation on the federal and state level. later, florida afl-cio president mike williams talks about the issues in that swing state and the impact unions will have on the

tomorrow on "washington journal" "charlotte observer" political reporter tim funk previews the democraticional convention. mark nix president of the right to work foundation discusses his group's fight against what it calls compulsory unionism and efforts to pass legislation on the state and federal level. and florida avalanche confidential informant mike wi

host: tim funk, if we hear the term uptown, it means downtown? why is it? guest: it is a chamber of commerce bank probably. when i made to charlotte in 1990, it was not an advertise a downtown. there is not a lot to do. now it is really quite different. a lot of people live downtown. we opened some great museums. i think a lot of people will be impressed by uptown. it is a way, it is on a hill. host: mary anthony xbox will be a guest tomorrow. -- anthony fox will be a guest tomorrow. a 32% increase in population in the past 10 years or so. more parades' them protests. guest: i saw a little bit of this. there are a lot of anti-war protesters. they seem to be enjoying themselves. there is a lot of singing. >> we're going to lead this conversation. he can find the rest of that at the c-span video library. we go to ohio to join president obama at a labor day rally. [cheers and applause] >> hello, the no. toldeo. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. it is good to be in toldeo, ohedo, ohio. thank you. >> chanting "obama, obama." >> thank you so much. i hav

the first call for tim funk. comes from arkansas. you are on c-span. >> hi. i wanted to talk to mr.have enjoyed his comments so far. i wanted to bring something to the attention of people. it is what my mother told me when i with about five years old. it was important. she said, the republicans are for the very rich people. they stand for them. the democrats are for everybody else. the people that are just on the street. i found that to be true threat to the years. who is voting for what and supporting what i want listeners to know, not only is it important to support the president, but to stay with the party line. they want to know, why has he not done anything? he did until the blocking came in. that is what the republicans are there for. we are dealing with some really important issues like global warming. they want to block anything to do with that. >> i think we got some good points. >> it is interesting dimension working people. one thing we did not mention is north carolina is a right to work state. there are a lot of labor leaders who are traditional allies who were not plea

. >> tomorrow, we will have tim funk talking about the latest from the convention from charlotte withbe followed by the politico playbook breakfst. mark mix will discuss the right to work legislation on state and federal levels. this is all on "washington journal." your calls, emails, and tweets. vice-president biden at 4:10 p.m. eastern will be speaking in wisconsin at the home of his republican rival, paul ryan. live coverage from green bay. taking a look back at past conventions features. in 2004, after he won the state's primary, they asked him to give the keynote address at that year's convention. his remarks are about 20 minutes. ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you, dick durbin. you make us all proud. on behalf of the great state of illinois -- [applause] the crossroads of a nation, the land of lincoln, let me express my deepest gratitude for the privilege of addressing this convention. particular honor tonight is a particular honor for me because let's face it my presence on this stage is pretty unlikely. my father was a