change the showcasing of latino talented the dnc, some folks point out the dnc program out of 35 primetime speakers only and three latinos in it, no muslim americans. shannon: that is former democratic presidential candidate julian castro lamenting a lack of latino influence at the convention. they talked about illegally entering the country by crossing the river. live in the battleground state of arizona, efforts to court the all-important latino vote. good to see you. >> former presidential candidate julian castro issuing a warning of sorts to his party but if it is not carefully could lose hispanic support. castro was not scheduled as a primary speaker at the dnc but participated in roundtable discussions. he was glad to see alexandria ocasio cortez in a prominent role, he thought she deserved more than 60 seconds but he supports biden. >> is going to win and win big the latino community in november but the dnc should have put more folks on the platform in the beginning because her presentation does matter and send a strong message about inclusion. >> the real clear politics average sho

he is also saying the dnc didn't invite her to speak at all. he gave her that airtime and he is upset with the dnc for inviting more republicans to speak them progressive voices. ocasio cortez is upset with nbc news for misleading tweet pointing out she did not endorse joe biden, that was not her intended purpose of speaking, she posted a tweet saying waited several hours to correct your obvious misleading tweet, sparked enormous amount of hatred and vitriol and the misinformation is circulating on other networks generating hate clicks from a pre-recorded routine procedural motion. the most interesting thing is the dnc didn't give her that 60 seconds. it was bernie sanders. todd: she does have a point. going back to the dnc, big event that stole bloomberg's thunder. >> an unwanted visitor during michael bloomberg's was a fly landed on his face as he was criticizing donald trump. this happens more than you would think because of fly also landed on hillary clinton's faced during one of the presidential debates, the magic of life tv. this was a pr

i was just going to say as you know before we can get to the rnc, we have to get to the dnc. is going to be unconventional, whatever word you want to describe it, it will be started tomorrow in milwaukee and mike tobin's is going to be there any authority there on the ground and what to expect over the next few days. >> you can expect it will be like a political convention and all the normal convention stuff, like report in wisconsin coming up. ♪ granted. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> techand your car., we're committed to taking care of you >> tech: we'll fix it right with no-contact service you can trust. >> tech: so if you have auto glass damage, stay safe with safelite. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ is more important sthan ever.rp where's my tablet? you have to remember the names of your grandkids, pets, your son-in-law. favorite son-in-law. and the eternal question, where did you put your glasses? sure, you can spend the day looking for things that you misplaced. or you can take natrol cognium. cogniu

as part of his convention, the dnc is streaming caucus meetings daily. we told you about one must either for the biden campaign in a bit of a hot seat, forcing a spokesman to distance the nominee from linda sarsour, who has been widely accused of anti-semitism. she appeared during a virtual meeting of the democrats' muslim delegates and allies assembly. here are some other highlights from from those online meetings. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. someday. >> i've never felt american. i don't know the pledge of allegiance, those are not my systems the way that is not my president. >> this future that we all want, that we are all trying to build really is about the destruction of colonization, white supremacy and capitalism. >> shannon: let's bring in bret baier for more on night three of the dnc. great to have you back. i don't know about you, that i feel my impression of watching some of these meetings in the

heather: breaking down night free of the dnc, rachel duffy and steve cortez. jillian: donald trump and goodyear tire, his call to boycott the company after they banned him a ga hat and blue lives matter gear. we will be right back. guys, are you tired of frequent nighttime bathroom trips? well, force factor prostate helps reduce urges to urinate, plus fully empty your bladder and promote a normal prostate size. don't settle. choose force factor prostate, from the #1 fastest-growing men's health brand at walmart. >> i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. >> kamala harris is the vice president we need right now. >> chosen the ideal partner, who is more than prepared for the job. >> president obama did not do a good job and the reason i am here is because of president obama and joe biden. we need strength in our country. >> donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods.

also we call it the 2020 dnc adam schiff show. but nothing but several democrats telling biden come of this campaign's far left agenda, more laughter than any major political party in history, john kasich's madness. here with reaction to all of this, senior white house advisor kellyanne conway. i'm sure you are one or two things to say about all of this. >> hey, thanks for having me. four years ago i was with you in philadelphia and we would say wow, have you ever seen such a grievance-filled candidate nominee that's feckless and reckless and cantankerous and the answer is yes, even more so now. you got joe biden who beat all the socialist radical ideas in the primary and the candidates who carry them now capitulating on congratulating the same people. you've got lots of folks who've been in and out of washington for decades. bill clinton, they gave him less than 5 minutes tonight. if you look at the average time he spoke in the last seven or eight democratic democratic con, his role has shrunk because the party that he tried to b

jillian: in the next hour the dnc kicks off today. congressman mark green joins us ahead of the democrats big week. todd: fcc set to release its full schedule today plus one quarterback's new effort get the big 10 to play as well guys, are you tired of frequent nighttime bathroom trips? well, force factor prostate helps reduce urges to urinate, plus fully empty your bladder and promote a normal prostate size. don't settle. choose force factor prostate, from the #1 fastest-growing men's health brand at walmart. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. >> there are only a few times in a campaign with people throw their windows open and really pay attention. one of those times was during the convention. >> the issue for democrats has been unity. >> it's a referendum on donald trump. >> it's very much up in the air. todd: here we go, monday, august 17, 2020 race in overdrive with t

let's talk about the dnc. the differences between was michelle obama had to say and joe biden. >> there are those who want to tell us our country is hopelessly divided. if we entrust this nation to joe he will do for your family what he did for hours, bring us together and make us whole. >> whenever we look to this white house for some leadership what we get instead is chaos, division. jillian: clear distinct difference in the messaging. what do you make of it? >> michelle obama's purpose was to take some strikes against donald trump and jill biden did was michelle obama did years ago when her husband was running for president, presented him as a warm person who can bring people together. what i liked about what jill biden said his joe put his shoulders back and walked forward after the death of bo and that is what americans need to do, be resilient. that was a positive part of jill biden's message that suited her well. jillian: i am curious what role joe biden would play if joe biden were to win the election.

people at home flooded the dnc with suggestions for chief warrant. if elizabeth warren can speak at a native american event, maybe milli vanilli can host the grammy awards. but it hurts elizabeth warren's feelings so the dnc shut down the chat room, what a shame. it bears repeating that not all this insanity was confined to the daytime, some of it bled into a prime time as well. sandy cortez showed up. she did all of that in a 92nd speech, pretty impressive. it was like a socialist mad libs competition, here's part of it. >> thank you to everyone here today endeavoring towards better, more just future for our country and our world. in fidelity and gratitude to amass people's movement working to establish 21st century social, economic, and human rights, including guaranteed health care, higher education, living wages, and labor rights for all people in the united states. i here by second the nomination of senator bernard sanders of vermont for president of the united states of america. >> tucker: let's put her in charge, that's a good idea. we should

he was supposed to have the dnc in milwaukee. it's been 660 days since he's been there and no one asks the question, why hasn't biden showed up? the same thing with michigan and all these -- the media sets the bar so low. if my father didn't go to a battleground state for 660 days, they'd be on top of him, they would be going crazy. he didn't even show up in the state that the dnc was supposed to be at, he hasn't been there for two plus years and everybody gives him a pass. they've set the bar so low, all he has to do is live through the interviews or the speech tomorrow. so long as he's still living at the end of the thing they're going to applauded as being the greatest piece of lingual art that's ever happened. it's crazy, the bar is so low, it's disgusting. >> sean: the bar is low. i would bet everything i have that is been practicing, practicing, practicing. look at the poll i talked about earlier here. there are more americans, majority half of democrats believe biden will not finish a four-year term. it for all the questio

dnc last day is today. last night we're going to talk a little bit about how kamala harris was nominated officially as vice president for the democrats. and ainsley and brian, you know, since the pandemic hit life has not been normal that's why they have had a virtual convention. what is interesting now is the fact that we are getting a little closer to normal on this program because they were gone for a while, born four years ago, the diners are coming back today. ainsley: yes. pete hegseth is out there in new jersey. he is at a diner, breakfast with friends. hey, pete. >> we are at the bacon beach long you can't beat this view on the beach. beautiful morning. look at all these great folks. good morning, everybody. how are you doing? [cheers] [. >> folks are talking politics and the i just got. this this is the bacon sampler platter. you didn't think it was the bacon beach for a reason. [bacon] article business opening up outside. the folks are enthusiastic to be here. we are going to dnc the president, re

kicking off the first ever virtual dnc, first lady michelle obama. >> i know joe, he was a terrific vice president. he will tell the truth. >> and senator bernie sanders. an opponent turned ally. rallying behind their party as presidential ticket. >> we need joe biden as our next president. >> and spotlighting three national crisis, the pandemic, the economic fall-out and the renewed racial reckoning. >> george should be alive today. breonna taylor should be alive today, ahmad arbery should be alive today. >> our political power house team standing by to break it all down. >> this special edition of "nightline," your voice, your vote, starts right now. good evening and thanks for joining us. tonight the unprecedented move by the democratic party, launching the political tradition held every four years and going virtual in the pandemic. the coronavirus and other tough issues taking center stage on the first night of the dnc, wrapping up moments ago and for the latest we go straight to mary bruce reporting from our nation's capitol. mary? >> juju, the democrats kicked off a convention like

of thisht is day two virtual dnc convention. joe biden will officially become the democratic nominee, as delegates put him over the top but no crowds. based on last night, some sharp attacks against the president. we will hear from two former presidents, the daughter of a third president, and members of congress. the lineup will begin in 10 minutes was the gavel comes down. former president clinton and jimmy carter will be speaking. the rollcall across america, the traditional rollcall, much is being done via soon we will hear from alexandria ocasio-cortez, an early supporter of senator sanders. the0:00, dr. joe biden, wife of the former vice president will be speaking from wilmington, delaware, at a high school where she once taught. joining us from delaware is the person covering all of this. her byline is available at axios .com. what is the storyline tonight? >> thank you for having me. ago, the former secretary of state general colin endorsing joe biden for president and is making as to this -- that adds to the story tonigh

todd: back to the dnc. last night was kamala's night. president obama in his talking didn't talk about joe biden all that much, focus a lot on trump. these things put together combined with nights one and 2, do you expect to see biden more? >> not really. this is just weird. i don't know what expectation i had because it is a virtual convention. typically the candidate is last. i expect to see him tomorrow night. the question is what will he say? i want joe biden to be humble enough to say i didn't do everything right, there are things i could improve on and things i could do better, we get a that he believes he's better than donald trump, his message has been drilled and for 3 days straight. the question is how can you do better, not good enough to say i'm better than trump. i want him to atone for the crime bill, apologize and not just apologize but also what is he going to do to move forward like harris did with her back on track program. that is important for voters to be humble enough to say i didn't do what i should have done and i

night 2 of the dnc in the books. we have analysis and reaction from among others white house chief of staff, mark meadows, congresswoman liz cheney, eric trump, lawrence jones and tammy bruce. the only thing we are missing is you, we kick off 12 minutes from now on the channel you trust for your morning news. in the meantime more news with todd and jillian. todd: former fbi director james comey receiving a response from hillary clinton after posting a photo of self in a shirt that says the left more women. >> more on the social media shade. carley: you could see this coming from a mile away, james comey celebrity the one hundredth anniversary of women having the right to vote by posting a picture of himself wearing a t-shirt saying elect more women, nineteenth amendment is an important anniversary but the vote is not enough. we need more women in office, good next steps. that does not sit well with hillary clinton aid merrill who responded a lot of us tried, you believed it up. hillary clinton responded by posting th

l alair and on kpix.com where we ha a special dnc section. >>> also today, the u.s. postmaster general says that operational changes will wait until after the election. that as california and at least 19 other states announced plans to sue the government. the post office says shorter hours and removing collection boxes were necessary to cut costs. critics say the real goal is to deter mail-in voting. >>> right now hundreds, if not thousands of beauty industry professionals are defying the states order and opening their doors in protest. maria medina is in san jose where one owner says he never shut down to begin with. sad ba anor rme ep say they will stay doopen as lo including one salon owner here in san jose. >> i vowed to my staff on day one that we would remain open until they came and took me nt that jatake clients and welcomed them through the te back door. james owes salon blue d ysansa >ideyi sa we santid tnk you very much. they didn't ask to come inside and didn't seem that interested in enforcing it. >>'s annte james is taking covers off his windows and no

they talked about coronavirus, the p pandemic, during the dnc. talk about your experienence. >> sure. at this point, i thank god i am in a recovery. the last week has been a remarkable turnaround but at one point, i i was very sick. neurologicalthe symptoms and none of the rerespiratory sympmptoms. h headaes.ing terririble i actctually cannot even smell 100% again but most of my energy is back and i am excited to be able to chase my babies around the house. it is unfortunate that the coronavirus is not something that is evil. it is the inability of people to act that is evil. it is the long history that made black people in the country have pre-existing conditions and those decision-making policy decisions, that people that we are experiencing, not simply because of donald trump, even though he is largely responsible. it is because for over 400 years, we have created environmenental conditions, economic contions, that has madede people more vululnerable. tthat is what progressives are saying no to. us.hank you for being with we link to your lates

a clash of presidents on night three of the dnc. president obama and establishment democrats blasting president trump as senator kamala harris makes history. president trump heads to joe biden's hometown of scranton, pennsylvania today, just hours before the former vice president will accept the democratic nomination for president. at 8:30, the man who will be introducing biden tonight is here, senator chris kuhns with a preview. president trump is steering people away from good year tires, calling for a boycott of the company after the company banned employees from wearing campaign attire. apple making history, becoming the first american company to be worth $2 trillion. and the broader markets this morning under selling pressure. futures indicating a decline at the start of trade, dow industrials down 47, nasdaq went into positive territory, up three quarters of 1 point and the s&p is down just 6. markets pulled back yesterday after the federal reserve warned there is still plenty of uncertainty out there you due to the coronaviru

sally yates speaking at the dnc. what does this signals to voters? >> the most important thing that the biden/harris administration will restore the rule of law, sally yates represents that, she's a career prosecutor, she's written op-ed after op-ed saying we need to have a depoliticize. you treat like cases alike and she's an outstanding public servant and i'm so looking forward to her speech tonight because i think she does represent the best of what the justice department is apolitical, good decisionmaking, guided by the law, guided by a sense of justice and that's what donald trump has ripped up all over the past four years. neal katyal, thank you very much. >>> amid a continuing rise in coronavirus cases we're looking at social, economic, and geographic imbalances lead to higher infection rates in communities of color. >>> but first, bill clinton got the nickname in explainer in chief, where he fits into the party today. i like to recommend pronamel to my patients. pronamel will help push the minerals back into the enamel, to keep the enamel str

they talked about coronavirus, the p pandemic, during the dnc. talk about your experienence. >> sure. at this point, i thank god i am in a recovery. the last week has been a remarkable turnaround but at one point, i i was very sick. neurologicalthe symptoms and none of the rerespiratory sympmptoms. h headaes.ing terririble i actctually cannot even smell 100% again but most of my energy is back and i am excited to be able to chase my babies around the house. it is unfortunate that the coronavirus is not something that is evil. it is the inability of people to act that is evil. it is the long history that made black people in the country have pre-existing conditions and those decision-making policy decisions, that people that we are experiencing, not simply because of donald trump, even though he is largely responsible. it is because for over 400 years, we have created environmenental conditions, economic conditions, that has madede people more vululnerable. tthat is what progressives are saying no to. us.hank you for being with we link to your lat

that right there is the message of the dnc this week. the message is not "joe biden can identify his own wife by site and is therefore fit to lead the country." it's not "kamala harris is a very sincere person who is thought through the issues that matter." it's not even "vote for us and our program won't make the country better." no. it's more compelling. "you're unhappy, so are we, it's all donald trump's fault so kick him out." real life by contrast is complicated. if we are being honest about it, all of us we implicated in our own failures to a much greater extent than we care to admit but that's the thing. at the democratic national convention, you don't have to admit it. you did nothing wrong. you are blameless, it's all donald trump's ball. watch chief warren come alive from indian country. >> donald trump's ignorance and incompetence have always been a danger to our country. covid-19 was trump's biggest chest. he failed miserably. this crisis is on donald trump and the republicans who enable him. on november 3rd, we will hold the

well, hunter biden back in the spotlight tonight at the dnc after months of laying low. reaction to his appearance and joe biden speech from house minority leader kevin mccarthy. he is alive, next. >> i didn't have to be this bad. the president keeps telling us the virus is going to disappear. he keeps waiting for a miracle. well, i have news for him. no miracle is coming. >> shannon: and with that, joe biden signaling the race to the white house is officially on. but the on the presidency, there are dozens of important congressional races to watch, as well, as democrats say they are confident their house majority is going to grow. let's start there. house minority leader, republican representative from california, kevin mccarthy, welcome back. good to have you, sir. >> thank you so much. good to be back. >> shannon: okay, so, folks who are running the campaign over on the dnc -- the dccc side of the house, congressman sherry must've said this, "my prediction as we sit here is we will not only hold onto the democratic majority, we will grow it, confident we have the righ

it was the yes we can as the finale to that huge outdoor 2008 dnc. in the trump era, the couple's advocacy has upset this president earning tie raised that i won't repeat. le say that teigen won the last round. now he's back on the big stage for joe biden. he just had the honor of closing out night two of the convention with the performance of his song, "never break." ♪ the world is dangerous ♪ all of us ♪ nothing we cannot change ♪ we will never break ♪ we will never break ♪ build our foundation strong enough to stay ♪ ♪ >> the award winning musician and dnc performer john legend joins us now live, making his debut on "the beat." thanks for being here. >> how are you? >> i'm good. how are you doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm so glad that we got to hear more of my song on msnbc. because i heard through the grapevine that i was cut off last night. >> do you want to speak on that? >> i don't know. i don't think it was your decision, ari. but it was a decision made by somebody at one of my favorite channels on the television. i was so hurt

nice one of the dnc is in the books. our guests talk about that. james cliburn will talk about night one and night 2. he will address the convention. on tap, jim jordan reacts to john kasich, joe biden in the middle of the field, there is a crossroads and we will hear from marsha blackburn, 100 years and swimming at the right to vote and the middle east progress as well as covid-19 progress. mark morgan as the president heads to the arizona border. also on deck, martha maccallum, karl rove, lawrence jones, jerry baker on top of the wall street journal, we ask him to help us out. i hope it is enough for you but i urge you, you have 13 minutes to please get dressed. todd: bernie sanders giving joe biden a progressive push in his dnc remark slamming the president on what was supposed to be about unity. >> our great nation is living in an unprecedented moment. we have a president who is not only in capable of addressing these crises but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism. our movement continues and is getting stronger every day. >> is bern

kpix 5 will be following the dnc all week long on air and on kpix.com where we have a special dnc section. >>> also today, the u.s. postmaster general says that operational changes will wait until after the election. that as california and at least 19 other states announced plans to sue the government. the post office says shorter hours and removing collection boxes were necessary to cut costs. critics say the real goal is to deter mail-in voting. >>> right now hundreds, if not thousands of beauty industry professionals are defying the states order and opening their doors in protest. maria medina is in san jose where one owner says he never shut down shop owners reopen their doors this week in protest and some say they will stay open as long as they can, including one salon owner here in san jose. >> i vowed to my staff on day one that we would remain open until they came and took me away in cuff in lcomthed them through the back door. james owes salon blue and says he never got in trouble. >> they said we want to warn you weave gun complaints and i said thank you very much. they didn't a

we've seen a dnc that's trying to make an effort to unite the party. but the biggest question is, are they pursuing folks? those 50% of young voters that didn't show up in 2016, right, and i think there's an alliance for youth action that shows out that 40% of joe biden supporters haven't been reached out by the biden campaign, this is when barack obama comes in tonight, this is where he'll speak directly to young people, when i told you to get fired up and ready to go, this is it. this is why it's important. you know, i think that's the biggest threat that the president can bring in tonight. >> no doubt. everyone's going to be watching to see if he does strike that tone. senator, the upcoming election has many like you concerned about the state of the u.s. postal service as we've been covering on this network. tell us more about the lawsuit that you've filed alongside several others from across the country. >> sure, so, listen, i think that many of us can probably agree that the post office is absolutely fundamental to our democracy and that any attac

eastern on c-span, live streaming and on demand at www.c-span.org/dnc or listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. e events of the convention,ational jennifer epstein, from bloomberg, thank you for joining us. rating, what was the what is the sense of those watching or those reporting like you about how the first night went? itst: you know, i think depends on the perspective that somebody has, if they are a political insider they might say that this was not enough leastcians speaking, at until the end of the evening, i think both bernie sanders and michelle obama have gotten high marks for their speeches, which were a bit complementary and kind of both talking about the ultimate goal of defeating donald trump, michelle obama talked about the line that was kind of central to her convention speech in 2016 when they go low, we go high, and saying that still

join us for special coverage of the dnc night 2 at 10:00 eastern. tomorrow on "today" jill biden will be live thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show" and the summer staycation celebration, everybody appeared to let's get this show underway. we have a great song for you today. here is me and my band y'all with "i can't help myself." ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ sugar pie, honey bunch ♪ you know that i love you ♪ i can't help myself ♪ i love you and nobody else ♪ in and out my life ♪ you come and you go ♪ leaving just your picture behind ♪ ♪ and i kissed it a thousand times ♪ ♪ when you snap your finger or wink your eye ♪ ♪ i come a-running to you ♪ i'm tied to your apron strings ♪ do ♪

this is the dnc week. i have been on fox 25 years. if i was at the dnc every year including your last election, i had to have a picture i.d. to get in the building. i was checked every night. i was probably double checked. kidding. to get in the building am my question to you is,are you going to have poll watchers? will you have the ability to monitor, to avoid fraud and cross check whether or not these are registered voters? whether or not there is identification to know it's a real vote? >> we will have everything. sheriffs and law enforcement and u.s. attorneys. the attorney generals. but it's very hard. you have some of these states sending them out like nevada where they don't have to check the signature so anybody can sign it. the new jersey governor just signed an executive order to get it done. nobody has ever heard of anything like this. they will send out 51 million ballots to people they have no idea why it's coming, who it's going to. unfortunately they may have a very good idea the people sending them. they may send them

full throated endorsement to joe biden, kamala harris with a number of progressives speaking at the dnc, and at the same time, former republicans speaking, current republicans speaking as well and shows the amazing broad coalition that joe biden and kamala harris had brought together. >> they just added more republicans to the list of speakers. christine todd whitman, former new jersey governor and also meg whittman. am i getting that right? i'm getting a lot of names in there, but also of course, john kasi kasich. i'm pulling it from my memory bank out there. also, you were very adamant earlier when andrew yang was not initial list of speakers. not only did he get added, but the prime spot right before joe biden on thursday night. why do you think that's important? >> asian americans are the fastest increasing group in america according to u.s. census last decade. and by the way, everyone needs to fill out the census and get family members and friends to do so and from pew research report, immigrants outpace any others in the united states and asian american population continuing to gr

better yet, why was there so little policy discussion at last night's dnc? >> like that line from my fair lady, when one englishman speaks all other englishmen despise them. when joe biden gets into specific policies a lot of other democrats will say wait a minute, that is not what i signed on for. now talk about policy. hilarious that meg whitman said something about joe has an economic plan, what is that economic plan? we didn't hear about jobs or taxes or how he will recently the economy. it was really an empty performance, a lot of talk about empathy. empathy is nice but doesn't create jobs and that is what we saw during the eight years of the obama biden administration, lack of focus on policy and job creation which is why when he left office obama was not a terribly popular president and that is why biden is way behind trump in terms of how people view his economic policy. >> we will go ahead and pull up this graphic that will scroll through the democrats platform and while people at home can take a look i'm curious european of this. michelle obama by

whether the dnc or the biden embraces they opportunity texas represents, texans, i believe, will carry the day. we are going to invest our time and what resources we have to make sure that the meat of this moment. i feel really good about texas right now. margaret: when we talk, and we have been talking for years about texas flipping democratic, and we talk about it largely in terms of demographic trends and the latino population in texas. is that what you think will make a difference, or is it the coronavirus? do you think the pandemic will make it more or less likely for that flip to be possible? , there ise time hardship on the economic front and concerned about being able to turn out in person to vote. i think if you look at where texas was already going, so from 2018, i came within two and a half point of ted roos. but we -- ted cruz. twowe also elected congresspeople that replaced long serving republicans. in the nine districts we picked up we won more votes than ted cruz, so we know it is possible. 17 african-american judges were all alike that in harris county, all of them -- e

the dnc is only programming two hours a night. there are a lot of mouths to feed of people who want to speak at the democratic convention. that's one reason. the other is can you really take -- you used the barack obama 2004 example which is one of the most famous keynote speeches in convention history, can you take a single rising star in this virtual format and catapult them or would that fall flat and you would diminish that rising star? so, what you have here are a whole bunch of rising stars. and i think it's also sort of in line with what joe biden himself has been saying that he sees himself as a transitional figure to the next generation of leadership in the party. and i think that's what this 17-person keynote address will display. >> so, karen, one of them is congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, delivering the speech for bernie sanders in 2016 days before the convention. as one who worked on the clinton campaign, when you see how everyone is handling this, does it feel different? >> it's very different and my first co

and unwanted guest arrived at the dnc during michael bloomberg's speech. this happens to hillary clinton four years ago during the presidential debate, a fly landed on her face as well. you would think these people would see the fly or feel it but i guess they didn't which -- todd: they are in the zone. carley: you still can see it. todd: 51 after the hour. jobs on the chopping block, union chief blasting bill diblasio for balancing the budget on their backs. jillian: he joins us live next. ♪ talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. . . short fall despite a brutal crime surge mayor de blasio looking to cut costs by taking emts and paramedics off the street. we don't want to lay off a city single worker because they do important work for fellow new yorkers. i have told new yorkers we are getting to a point where we are starting to run out of options every other union can help us find alternative savings so we don't have to be layoffs. jillian: could be laid off despite 6,000 emergency calls a day. orrin joins us with his response to the mayor's plan. s

the dnc kicking off in milwaukee although few people will be there including joe biden. he's in delaware. thursday he will accept the party's nomination at the chase a center a few blocks from where i'm standing. it will be virtually all in line and we will show you the lineup with the first team, we the people. bernie sanders argued the party is making a progressive push with new york's governor andrew cuomo. 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

and it's separate from the dnc, but it's fitting that this story broke during the dnc. you will recall the last dnc, 2016, four years ago, started in chaos, right? it started with the first big public dump of democratic party emails that had been hacked by russian intelligence. the russians were trying to hurt the democrat chances and help the trump campaign. the resulting chaos at the start of the democratic cop ven iic c four years ago must have seen like a lot of fun to the kremlin. the shock resignation of the democratic party chair at the start of the convention. fast forward to now, and today, we got the most detailed report we've ever had on just how deeply engaged the trump campaign was with that russian operation in 2016. a thousand-page bipartisan report from the intelligence committee in the senate, confirming a bunch of findings from the mueller report, but containing some alarming new findings. here's just some of the bottom line conclusions from this report today. first of all, they found that president trump's campaign chairman was in direct, frequent and

. >> with regards to diversity, the dnc. we saw a list of speaker, the key speakers, what do you think of the mix? there we see some of the women who will be speaking at the virtual convention. what do you think of just the mix of the people who are on the agenda next week? >> well, i think the mix really represents a mix of geography, the democratic party, an important part of how democrats need to win not just on election day but the next 80 election days. that is the environment we found ourselves in right now. but i think one thing that is important for the dnc to remember, there is also a lot more speak thears should be on that stage, and there is only so much. and how they are using digital and phone lines and how they are using other activities to get out the message from congresswoman pressley and others that represent the future of the party also. and i think the stage that we're going to be seeing next week will be one of the most diverse and it reflects the progress the party has made and the party will be making

join us for special coverage of the dnc night 2 at 10:00 eastern. tomorrow on "today" jill biden will be live thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night xxxx >>> right now at 6:00, lightning sparked fires growing across the bay area, leading to mandatory neighborhood evacuations amid these sweltering temperatures. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good tuesday. thanks for joining us. >> we zedeal with plenty of wildfires but not like this. more than two does fire as hmong the big ones in san mateo county in skyline and pescadero this. is a look from our nbc bay area sky ranger. you can see those intense flames and all the smoke coming out. in fact, you can see the smoke from all points of the peninsula, palo alto, san mateo, redwood city, all along the peninsula. so far about 1,000 acres have burned. mandatory evacuations are in effect for botano state park and barranca knolls community. an evacuation warning is in place for nearby communities of dearborn park and loma mar. pescadero hi

>> the achieve programming executive for the dnc and what during this pandemic did you realize you were going from a more normal convention to one that is more virtual? >> as the pandemic was unfolding in the early months of this year we were hopeful by moving the dates back by one month we could still hold a physical convention were delegates could come to milwaukee and to produce a traditional convention. pretty soon after that as a lockdown continued it was clear that wasn't going to happen. so we started to plan for a convention that is fairly unconventional compared to years past, pretty early. it took a while to figure out what it would be and how we handle so all americans feel they can participate. because the benefit, there are a lot of downsides now more americans can participate you don't need credentials to participate. >>host: clearly these are unchartered waters know parties ever gone through something like that. >> no. never. that we have been looking at a lot of other programming over the past months where people cannot typically travel to do interviews or the global cit

dnc message in realtime and he took to twitter writing. this. in 47 years joe did none of the things of which he now speaks. he will never change. just words. next up, as you mentioned, ainsley, they will travel to charlotte. some rnc delegates. there will be some in person as we learned from ronna mcdaniel the rnc chairwoman and we learned from her yesterday when she was talking to bill hemmer they hope for most of their speeches to be live a contrast from what we saw so much dnc taped speeches. we know for sure the president will make his acceptance speech in washington at the white house. that will be something to see. brian, anxiously, steve? ainsley: griff, thank you so much. let's bring in the vice president of the united states, mike pence. good morning to you, mr. vice president. >> good morning, ainsley. ainsley: good morning. what were your takeaways over the last four days? >> i think the whole of the democratic national convention was a very, very negative view of america. and there was no attention paid too two of the most imp

that was the message of his convention and of the dnc. i don't think that people will hold against him in wisconsin that he did not come and throw them a couple of dollars in, as i said, a four-part catastrophe. >> understood. it allowed barnes to have a profile and dleliver a speech from wisconsin. >> the party has 74 days to make up for it. >> 74 days. >> thank you. >>> over with the democratic national convention -- with the democratic national convention over, the republicans have the floor. why the rnc is going to look different from the dnc last week. week we made usaa insurance for veterans like liz and mike. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance is made the way liz and mike need it- easy. what if the store took back all the brats you

so why the tightening with all the excitement of the virtual dnc? today, joe was all about practicing the prompter. trump was back on the stump. >> joe biden is no friend of pennsylvania. biden supported every globalist attack on pennsylvania workers. of my first week in office i was from the trans-pacific partnership which would been district if your job a horror show. i withdrew from the one-sided paris climate accord which would have cost us so many billions of dollars. >> laura: it's about making america safe again. >> there is a certain sense four years ago and these people have gone insane. if you want a vision of your life under joe biden presidency, think of this smoldering ruins in minneapolis, the violent anarchy of portland. the bloodstained sidewalks of chicago. and imagine the mayhem coming to your town and every single town in america. >> laura: of course, the democrats mentioned none of this tonight. well, they couldn't, could they? americans aren't stupid. no matter how much team biden chides to hide the ball, they know that he will

these were the caucus meetings before the dnc. and tonight i have to tell you, as i watch this, i kept thinking, this is like mda telephone after they fired jerry lewis. remember they had the pretaped segment and they raise no money, that's what we saw tonight. this was like a string of those state of the union response videos that nobody pays attention to. it was very hard to watch, and a dark vision of america really promoting fear, politicizing death, and it was a frightening evening in some ways despite michelle obama and her speech and bernie sanders energetic talk, between the cracks of this, the imaging, the pictures was of a very dark and dreary america, with no solutions offered other than joe biden is a decent guy. >> laura: know, joe biden rides amtrak and is nice to the engineers on amtrak, which is lovely. i 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 thi

. >>> now to campaign 2020 as democrats gear up for night two of the dnc. president trump is firing back at former first lady michelle obama after she said this last night. >> 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. >> she's in over her head. and frankly she should have made the speech live. i thought it was an extremely divisive speech. we have a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for my campaign. >> the president continues his week of rallies in the battleground state of arizona tonight. >>> we are just hours away from more dnc speakers. i spoke with political correspondent red o'keefe about what we can expect tonight and about the most talked about moment of day one, former first lady michelle obama's speech. >> it's going to be a tough hill to surmount. she certainly delivered what many believe to be one of the best convention speeches of all time. in a way in a a convention speech has never been delivered before. straight to camera one on one

we're hours away from biden officially accepting his party's nomination for president at the dnc finale. we have homeland security committee congressman mark green on the scene in portland. police declaring a riot as protesters target ad federal i.c.e. building downtown. we're now hearing from the portland man brutally attacked by a mob. leaving adam hainer on the ground knocked unconscious. a 32 minute video leading up to moments of his attack. he said he pulled the truck over the side of the road to stop a person's backpack being stolen. that is when the mob turned on him, punching him in the face. brand new video of protests turning violent in new york city over the weekend. suspected members of antifa on a rampage vandalizing buildings, trashing a whole foods and apple store in the williamsburg neighborhood of brooklyn, calling for the murder of jeff bezos. former louisiana governor, 2016 republican presidential candidate bobby jindal on the post master general testifying tomorrow on capitol hill. >>> there is trump hater, former fbi lawyer kevin clinesmith the first to plead guilty

i saw nothing good about the democrats dnc. let me give you four quick points, all anti-trump here they are running on anti-trump platform. you have heard no policies, no programs, and all of the first three days. nothing whatsoever. there has been a total ignoring of what is going on in older democratic cities. they ignore that. but the appeasement to black lives matter and that is a part of their platform is ridiculous. honestly, i believe they are jealous of donald trump's record because he has a positive record to run on. so they just constantly attacked peer that is all i saw the last three days. i don't think joe biden will be able to tell specifically what his policies are as an alternative to donald trump. >> bill: gentleman standby with me a moment. the program is a little bit behind but not by much. we will get a little commercial break and squeeze this in and come back on the other side of this commercial break. spit went back to old forge, pennsylvania, scranton, pennsylvania, which was blue in 2016. the president l

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jesse: what do you think the difference was between the rnc and the dnc? it was that the rnc featured people over politicians. farmers, loggers, veterans, steelworkers, lobster men and police officers these were real americans who were helped by donald trump's policies. their authentic stories were relatable and easy to understand. the american worker was front and center. the american family was prioritized. life, safety, peace and prosperity were showcased and voters were shown a choice between life under donald trump and life under joe biden. many speakers acted as character witnesses for president trump. donald trump is a pretty tough guy and behind the scenes he's a very compassionate man who cares deeply about all americans, no matter what their background. that was the message. the debate was highlighting a record of strong and smart foreign policy and a focus on law and order, and america first economic philosophy. the rebellion party under donald trump made an effort to welcome all americans, black americans, hispanic americans and women in those

the media declared it a momentous achievement all while they worked overtime to present this week's dnc was anything but a debacle. the hearers a sample from cnn. >> i think this is maybe the best speech joe biden ever delivered. >> he nailed it with that elevator quote. >> we were prepared for it to be a terrible speech as long as he didn't embarrass himself -- he didn't have to make anything up tonight, joe biden did that thing. >> i am a hard-core fiercest partisan here, if i could jump out of the chair -- this is the best night for joe biden ever. >> tammy: it's like the toddler just took a step. "the washington post" took things a step further with their theater critic calling the virtual dnc "award where the television." everything they always do is worthy of an award. biden's adoring fans in the press will defend him at all costs even as he makes it clear he's not interested in taking any of their questions. ask yourself, why is that? much of the media is refusing to critically cover joe biden and kamala harris, why is it that they ignore the violent crime and rioting plaguing am