It has been rough. Rough is a nice way to say it. My wife and i 30 years ago began our business and quite honestly, over all these years, we have faced adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year just to stay afloat. Our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . Employees thate we had precovid and our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work because of the covid, and, to be honest with you, i am frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world and it just seems to me maybe if we just came alone,r, this one issue may be as americans and being united, we can overcome. Thank you for sharing your story. Im sure many Small Business owners feel the same way you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your family. Now i would like to turn to marley diaz, who is 15 years old, a literary activist and ofhor and the author thousand black girl books. 70 people are struggling with the changes with covid. How are you doing . I feel better every day. I thought this was going to be a few weeks where i wouldnt see my friends and i would stick it out. But i want to focus on activism and spreading messages given the fact i cant go out. Virtual online, getting to interact and meeting new kids and promote the joys we can find in reading and learning. Its super fun to see teenagers like me going on social media, talking on issues they care about because sometimes we dont have that space at school. So a year from now, when we get to go back and be safe and protected, we will still have these conversations and a new possibility, a new world. Thank you so much. You are such an inspiration. I dont think i was doing half of what you are doing at 15 and i love seeing how brave and creative your generation is to creating change. Thank you so much for your work. Lets check in with rick. A farmer from pennsylvania. Your farm has been in your family for generations. Trade wars and pandemic done to your families lifework . First of all, i would like to offer the trump family our condolences for his lost. For his loss. Trulyade war was a demonstrated truly devastating to our farm. What most people can relate to is soybean tariffs. When you compound the effects of the covid19 virus, nobody could have prevented that. Its a shame our leadership whatformed our country on was coming down the road. My biggest concern is that if these trends continue with this type of leadership, i will be the last generation farming this farm. That is a scary thought and but dont have the answers, if something doesnt work for you, it is time for a change. Thats why im supporting joe biden all the way. I couldnt agree with you more. We need meaningful change that will support family farms. Thank you for sharing your story. Finally, lets hear from michelle for my home state of texas. You are a school nurse and mother in el paso. How are you preparing for the new school year . Startedve already school but it is a little challenging because every day, something seems to change. We start one thing one day and have to change it the next day. Its kind of sad not to see the kiddos but i know that will change. We will have to adapt and persevere. Right now, all i can think about is keeping my kiddos say. Back in march, we had them at home and they were doing ok but now they are wanting us to take them back and its kind of scary with the uprise and covid cases. Im committed to take care of my family, my students and all my staff at my school and will do whatever it takes to ensure we are ready to go back to school safe and healthy. Am optimistic to move forward with our life and joe biden will be the one to take us there. I want to say for everyone to please rumor to wash her hands and wear your masks because we are all in this together. Thank you. Theres nothing more difficult than to see our children suffer, so i think you are doing a great job of guiding them through this difficult time. Thank you for what you are doing as a nurse. I have enjoyed talking to all of you. Coming . Elieve change is do you believe better days are ahead . Yes. Yes. Thank you for taking the time to speak with us and sharing your thoughts. My brother george was selfless. He always made sacrifices for his family, friends and even complete strangers. A spiritgiving spirit, that has shown up on streets around our nation and around the world. People of all races, all ages, all genders, all backgrounds, peacefully protesting in the name of love and unity. It is a fitting legacy for our brother, for george should be alive today. Rhianna taylor should be alive today. Ahmaud arbery should be alive today. Eric garner should be alive today. Tianna clark, touchy jefferson, sandra bland, they should all be alive today. Thes up to us to carry on fight for justice. Our actions will be their legacies. We will always find ourselves and what john lewis called good trouble. For the names, we do not know the faces, those who cannot mourn because there murders did not go viral, please join me in a moment of silence to honor george and the many other souls we lost to hate and injustice. When this moment ends, lets make sure we never stop saying their names. Hi. Im one of the many who has lost a loved one to covid. My dad should be here today. But he is not. He had faith in donald trump. He voted for him, listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said coronavirus was under control and would disappear. That it was ok to end social distancing rules before it was safe and that if you had no Underlying Health conditions, you would probably be fine. Saidn late may, after the after the stayathome order was lifted in arizona, my dad went to a karaoke bar with his friends. A few weeks later, he was put on a ventilator. And after five agonizing days, he died alone in the icu with a nurse holding his hand. My dad was a healthy 65yearold. Conditionreexisting was trusting donald trump. And for that, he paid with his life. I am not alone. Once i told my story, a lot of people reached out to me to share theirs. They asked me to help keep their community safe, especially communities of color, which have been disproportionately affected. They asked me, a normal person, to help because donald trump wont. The coronavirus has made it clear there are two americas the America Donald trump lives in and the america that my father died in. Enough is enough. Have caused may not the coronavirus, but his dishonesty and his irresponsible actions made it so much worse. Has ad a leader who national, coordinated datadriven response to stop this pandemic from claiming more lives and to safely reopen the country. We need a leader who will step in on day one and do his job, to care. One of the last things my father said to me was that he felt betrayed by the likes of donald trump. So when i cast my vote for joe biden, i will do it for my dad. Hi, everybody. My name is megan and i have the host at honor today to conversation with four of our frontline workers here in america and we should rename them heroes, absolutely. Can you tell us how you are doing it during this time . Early on, when the government was trying to figure out proper protocols to protect frontline workers, i had unfortunately contracted covid through patient bytact and was isolated myself for two weeks. Full isolation, no contact. Once i recovered, i went back to the front lines to continue to take care of the sick and originally was watching people die alone. Everyone was totally isolated. And i knew how that felt because for two weeks, that was me, not knowing if you are going to wake up, not knowing if you are going to make it, who you are going to talk to. This was peoples moms, dads, brothers, sisters, all dying alone. We know that round two is coming and mentally, physically, emotionally, i dont know how many of us are going to survive that second round. Dr. Bradley, what effects are as an action by the Trump Administration when it comes to this . It is heavy. A lot of my colleagues, people are exhausted and we are looking at a tsunami that is coming this winter with covid and influenza and i think all of us are wondering how is our system not just going to collapse . When people come with their broken arms, with their heart attacks and strokes and appendicitis, we are not going to be there. What were you seeing on the front line in those very early days that you knew was not going to magically disappear . Not a hoax. His was we were certain of it. All of us knew from experience with the swine flu, we knew what a pandemic would look like. We knew we needed to have the tools, resources and plans in place. Lack of we have the leadership from this administration. I have seen the worst of the worst. Not only have i answered thousands of calls of people who are sick but people that are dying. Michelle, tell us how it has been for you on the front lines, as ayour specific role is nurse . More inbeen primarily the forefront on advocating our workers and patients get the support and ppe that they need. I responded to the disaster in haiti. We were working in a tent hospital after the earthquake. The first time i ever feared for my life and my family walking into work was in my own country. We have the money, we have the means, we have the resources in this country. We are deeply lacking leadership and somebody who cares. Trump has made it perfectly clear how he feels. And we need a president who cares. That is joe biden. I cant think you all enough. The American People are forever indebted to you for your work, your sacrifice and just you showing up every single day and giving everything you have. Thank you again for all the work you do on the front lines. Theres no way we could ever repay you. Thank you very much. See powerful people on my elevator all the time. When they get off, they go to their important meetings. Me, i just had back to the library. In the short time i spent with joe biden, i could tell he really saw me, that he actually cared, that my life meant something to him. And i knew even when he went into those important meetings, he would take my story in there with him. Thats because joe biden has room in his heart for more than just himself. Weve been through a lot and we have tough days ahead, but nominating someone like that to be in the white house is a good place to start. That is why i nominate my friend, joe biden as the next president of the United States. How are you . You handsome boy. He was born with a heart and ended up requiring a transplant. Hayfever had taken effect but that something we think about all the time, especially with potential coverage maxes. 3 million was billed back to insurance. Mr. Biden i remember win boat beaudying in bed when lay dying in bed and i were thinking to myself what would i do if the doctor came in and said you have outrun your insurance. On your own. Are, ruralwhere we missouri, where everyone was a republican and i was a republican and i lost my voice. Doctoroff going to the because we didnt have Health Insurance. When we finally got into somebody who could take a look at my throat, they said youve got cancer. It was stage four, the worst kind of cancer you can have. Applied through the Affordable Care act and my coverage began on april 1 in 2012. They started my chemo and radiation and it saved my life. Im here today. Generally speaking, you are concerned about people spiritually but you are also concerned about other areas of your life and that includes their physical wellbeing because the bible talks about all of us. There are people in our country and people in my church that cannot take advantage of it because they dont have good health care. Thats discouraging to me and discouraging to them. Because it is a very rare disease, a lot of our occasions, we have to fight for. Worried about, we our medication. We worried about the preexisting conditions for our children. We worried about age and that cap because having that cost of the medication, we would have reached that Million Dollar cap in no time. Passed, we noca longer have that cap of a Million Dollars. Fear that you all live in, understandably, if, somehow, tomorrow they said no insurance, you are not covered is just devastating. How are you doing . Hodgkins lymphoma, god love you, but during it all, trump was trying to rip away your coverage. The day you got your first chemo, republicans voted to gut the aca. I cant imagine what it must going to sleep wondering what to do. Ever since i was diagnosed, every night, i go to bed concerned about what news i would get in the morning. Even today, they are still trying to take away our health care, even during a pandemic. Mr. Biden we are going to make sure we dont lose that aca. We are going to provide a medicarelike option for a public option and if you qualify for medicaid, you will automatically be enrolled. Im going to protect you like i tried to protect my own family and i promise you that. By the time you are watching this, you are grown up to be strong and courageous. I dont know how much longer i will be around for you. It is a deadly, was diagnosed, the president passed a tax bill that put my health care at risk. So, i went to washington dc my next guest made headlines when he confronted a republican senator on an airplane. I wanted to create a better country. All that matters to me is to make you proud because im already so proud of you. Hello, america. I am speaking to you through this computer voice because i have been paralyzed by a Mysterious Illness called als. Like so many of you, i have experienced the way our Health Care System is fundamentally broken. Claims,t costs, denied dehumanizing treatment when we are most in need. Since my shocking diagnosis, i have traveled the country meeting countless patients like me, demanding more of our representatives and our democracy. Are witnessing the tragic consequences of our failing Health Care System. In the midst of a pandemic, nearly 100 million americans do not have sufficient Health Insurance. Noteven good insurance does cover essential needs like longterm care. Our loved ones are dying in unsafe nursing homes. Our nurses are overwhelmed and unprotected and our essential workers are treated as dispensable. We live in the richest country in history and yet we do not guarantee this most basic human right. Everyone living in america should get the health care they need, regardless of their Employment Status or ability to pay. Even during this terrible crisis, donald trump and republican politicians are trying to take away millions of Peoples Health insurance. With the existential threat of another four years of this president , we all have a profound obligation to act. Not only to vote, but to make sure our friends, family, and neighbors vote as well. We must elect joe biden. Each of us must be a hero for our communities, for our country, and then, with a compassionate and intelligent president , we must act together and put on his desk a bill that guarantees us all health care we deserve. To learn how to vote safely because our lives penned on it. Our lives depend on it. Mother anda activist. In an instant, a bullet shattered my familys life. My son was only 13 years old. He was recognized as a gifted and talented student. The possibilities were endless. He was dancing at a Birthday Party when he was shot in the back side of his head. Shattering his skull. One shot changed our lives forever. Talk, he does not not walk. I know he knows me by the smile he shows when i walk in his room, but im unsure if he knows a gunshot has changed his life. Since march, ive only been able to see my son three times. But i cannot touch or hug him due to covid19. People tell me that im lucky. I tell them we are blessed. I remind them my son is in a wheelchair and unable to feed himself. Luckyt think he feels when he has to be bathed from head to toe or gets injections for muscle contractions. I am in a space of gratitude. Yes, i can touch him, i can hold his hand, but the child that i birthed is not able to live his dream and that hurts. Day, we are reminded he will never be the same. We are not alone. In every town across america, there are families who know what a bullet can do. That is why my mom who volunteers to stop this president trump, he does not care. He doesnt care about the victims after parkland, las vegas, or el paso. I want a president who cares about our pain and grief, a president who will take on the gun lobby to ban assault weapons and close the loopholes to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Joe biden has taken on the nra twice and one and he will do it again as president. The most13 when destructive wildfire in californias history roque out. There was a family nearly 100 miles away but my asthma flared badly. I could hardly breathe. I have been organizing young people around Climate Change since 2018. Climate changes impacting us now and it is robbing my generation of a future. For young people my age, every aspect of our life, from where we go to school, what kind of careers we will have, to whether or not we can raise a family depends on us taking Climate Change seriously right now. Joe biden will not solve this crisis in four years. No one can. But he will put us back on track so my generation can have a fighting chance. Im asking you to join us. Dont let our futures go up in flames. We have a saying kneehigh by the fourth of july. Went to college at Northern Michigan university. The farmers can see the effects of Climate Change happening right in front of us. We are adopting Sustainable Solutions on my families arm, using less land and using our resources to grow our food. We are eliminating tons of Carbon Pollution by mimicking natural ecosystems. Farmers can be part of the climate solution rather than a problem. Today, we can grow our own future but we need leaders to be part of the solution as well. We need them to commit to science, not ignore it. We need them to put real plans on the table rather than roll them back. That is what joe biden is doing with the clean energy revolution. Instead of being left behind, we could lead the world again. I spent a lot of time talking about Climate Change two different communities in nevada and the one question i get asked over and over again is what are you doing here . Not a lot of climate activists look like me. I am an afro latina and i am a climate activists. I grew up in a low Income Neighborhood and a lot of kids have asthma. Air and aean cleaner steadier income for folks in neighborhoods like mine. Bidens plan is transformative. He knows its not just a challenge to overcome, it is an opportunity for a better way of life. Be,o what is it going to america . Are you ready to vote for joe biden . Are you ready to solve the Climate Crisis . Because our future depends on it. Im Lacey Sanchez and this is my mother and sister. We are like all families. We worked hard to build a good life. I was born with spina bifida. That means my spinal cord did not form like it should and the doctors my town said i would not survive. They gave my mother no hope for my future. Im a u. S. Citizen but my mother is undocumented. [speaking spanish] my mother did what any mother would do to save her babys life. [speaking spanish] sister in her arms and traveled for days to reach the border. When they got to the river, she lifted my sister above the water and crossed. We came to america before i was oneyearold. She saved my life. [speaking spanish] my mother had no choice. She came here looking for a america for a miracle. Spanish]ing we were afraid they would find us and detain us. Our home is here. North carolina is all i know. , but theyd for daca took away my ability to qualify for the program. We work hard, contribute to our community and pay our taxes. Ive gone to school and build a good life for me and my daughters. Ever since donald trump was elected, our fears have returned. We dont know if our family will be separated. Right id, sove the i cannot get Health Insurance through the exchange. I need Health Insurance. I deserve it, right . [speaking spanish] it breaks our heart to see children separated from their families at the border. That is wrong. Those children need their parents. On november 3, im going to vote for my mother, sister, and daughters. I will vote for a life where everyone has dignity and respect. We need a leader who will fix the broken immigration system and keep families together. Im voting for joe biden and, harris, a daughter of immigrants. Who are you going to vote for . Speaking spanish] my name is ruth. In 1992, my husband shot me and left me for dead. For 13 years, my son and i had been abused by him. We finally escaped, but he track this down. Back then, there was a minute help available and no hotline to call. Local shelters were full. I didnt even know the name for what was happening to me then the mystic violence. Violence. Estic domesticng to end violence is my lifes work. Work 20i started my years ago, i was shocked to find out how may people, including children experienced physical or sexual abuse. The statistics fueled my resolve and i committed myself to the movement to end this violence. Is carly dryden. In my small town i did not feel like i could speak out about my experience with Sexual Assault. But at the university of puget sound, i met an incredible force of people working to end the culture of Sexual Assault. I went from survivor to advocate. Ceo ofhe president and the National Coalition against Domestic Violence, i have seen joe bidens passionate leadership in passing the violence against women act. Now, Domestic Violence rates are rising due to this pandemic. We need congress to reauthorize and enhance that law. We need leaders who believe a womans life is worth fighting for. Joe biden is that kind of leader. I created the Joyful Heart Foundation to help survivors heal and change the way our society responds to sexual violence. The Vice President has worked tirelessly by our side to end the backlog of hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits and our work will continue because testing kits not only makes our country safer, but sends a vital message to survivors that what happened to them matters. The most important thing you can say to a survivor is i hear you. That is why i became a leader and its on us. It is a program started by Vice President haydn to illuminate Sexual Assault on College Campuses and supporting new generation of advocates, including men and boys. Because if you are silent, you are complicit. And we are just getting started. Im voting for joe biden on behalf of all victims and survivors of Domestic Violence. Im voting for joe biden because its on my generation to make sure we never go back. Im voting for joe biden for my daughter, for my son, for all of our children. This is my team. You guys build america. I have a wife that works as well, we have a 17 and sevenyearold at home and we are still working, thanks to our International Executive board, theyre getting with General Motors and making sure its safe to return to work after weeks of being laid off. Here we are fullblown. Mr. Wyden the future of autoworkers in america and i really believe this, can be as bright as it was in the late 40s, 50s. The simple reason, its an iconic industry, an american industry. We made it. Thank you. The fire service 16 years and never experienced anything like covid. We had to change our whole tactics, the way we do everything. That came two weeks ago, we are doing things we never thought we would be doing. Water rescues with masks on, having to worry about covid it is interesting. Mr. Biden how is your family doing . We have an almost fiveyearold and im very lucky my parents are retired. My mom retired right after my daughter was born to help us with her. She was so looking forward to prek, going to big school, as said. Unfortunately, covid came in and now its all going to be online schooling. Im fortunate i have my parents but there are double income families trying to figure out how they are going to do it with their kids. What arrangements they are going to have to make. It is to people in my household. I have a family of two and we have grown up kids that are no longer in the household, but it takes two people to build. We have an ongoing goal to find a house indexed five years. Hopefully, we will save, save, save. Mr. Biden you talk about the middle class. The way the middleclass generates wealth overwhelmingly is building up equity in their home. That gets passed on from one generation to the next, the equity in a home. Middleclass has taken hits and one of the reasons we are on this call as we realize how important it is to have you in the white house. We need a comprehensive Energy Policy for renewable resources, which i know you have one. And if we are going to build the middle class, its about jobs. Mr. Biden the future really rests on investment. We are going to invest 2 trillion in infrastructure ports, bridges, highways, making sure we have access to do things that really make a difference, like what you are doing with that facility outside of harrisburg. Im a scranton boy. Central pennsylvania is ok, but northeast [laughter] keep the faith. Thank you. Im 95 years old. Im a veteran of world war ii and north korea. Weari wear a uniform, i only two badges my parachute wings and the combat infantry badge. I did make one combat jump over the rhine in germany, and im proud of that. I have been a republican since the 1960s. Im a member of the nra, and i voted for trump. I think trump has been the worst president weve ever had, so i will be glad to see him go. I think joe biden will be a great leader for the United States. My drum the day of jump in to germany, i think joe biden cares about doing his proper duty to the United States and if he is elected, that is what he will do. Without3 years old and joe biden, i would not be talking to you today. A few months ago, i met him in New Hampshire and he told me we were members of the same club. Stutter. It was really amazing to hear became vice me president. He told me about a book of poems i yates that he would read out loud to practice. He told me how he marks his addresses to make them easier to say out loud. So i did the same thing today. And now im here, talking to you future, aboute our future. My family often says when the before talking about something normal before going to the movies. We all want the world to feel better. We need the world to feel better. In aust a regular kid and short amount of time, joe biden made me feel more comfortable about something that has bothered me my entire life. Joe biden cared. Imagine what he could do for all of us. Kids like me are counting on you to elect someone we can all look ,p to, someone who cares someone who will make our country in the world feel better. We are counting on you to elect joe biden. Our campaign 2020 coverage continues with candidates campaigning and debating. Cspan your unfiltered view of politics. Our campaign 2020 coverage will continue this labor day with senator, harris as she joins a roundtable in milwaukee with black business owners. This happens after meeting with ibew union members. At 4 50verage of that eastern here on cspan. Dr. Anthony fauci joined a discussion on the response to the covid19 pandemic and will talk about science being on the front line. Thats tuesday at 1 p. M. Eastern here on cspan, online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. Americans affected by covid19, Violent Crime and the economy spoke at the 2020 Republican NationalConvention Last week. Here are some of their comments. I am so grateful to speak with you today. My name is tanya wine rice. From montana where i live with my husband, a marine and retired police officer. Mountaind and i own valley espresso. We are not a corporation. Our success is not measured by stockholders but by our neighbors, the people we see at church, and at jiujitsu school with our son. Mountain meadows special mountain mud espresso is an american story, a story