What are you hearing about the format and the impression it is leaving this time around versus previous political conventions . From democrats im hearing, and you can hear it, is a sigh of relief. There is a great deal of concern among party strategists about how they will focus on the tactics of making sure the delays werent too long or there werent any awkward moments. In the first two days, most democrats i talked to had a great deal of concern this wouldnt be able to be pulled off but pass the test. There was a little bit of i wouldnt say heartburn but about the question on the numbers coming in. How many people are watching this convention at home on their television, or however they are doing it. They are way down from four years ago. Part of that is that people watch tv differently. They might stream it or watch it in different ways. They technically they feel have not mastered or passed the threats chilled the threshold test, there are concerns about viewership. The goal of the
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Then, naacp president and ceo Derrick Johnson on black voters and the important issues in campaign 2020. Washington journal is next. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me and my family, and i will see you on thursday. That took place after a first ever virtual rollcall vote officiallyn is selected as the nominee for the Democratic Party. Just some of the activities on night two of the Democratic National convention. Watch our coverage of night three starting at 9 00 tonight on cspan, cspan. Org, and follow along on our cspan radio app. In the first hour bang, you can give us your impressions of the activities. In the first hour, you can give us your impressions of the activities. If you support joe biden, 202 7488
The american future, solving the great problems over time and the spread of the coronavirus to the highs and lows of the economy and onto the election, 2020 will continue to be a process of change, he is here today to discuss his book and his thoughts on america, we now invite you to enjoy our Virtual Program coming to you from our air force one academy oval office with Newt Gingrich and Reagan Foundation Institute Executive director john hi bush. Newt gingrich, terrific to have you with us at the Reagan Library, as you know we originally had planned to have you in person as we have so many times but i want you to know when this pandemic is behind the senior people to travel and be safe we would love to have you out at the Reagan Library again with your new book. Thank you so much for joining us today. Im going to say im a huge fan of the Reagan Library and particularly the educational work that you do in the way that you create learning experiences for young people and i do not rememb
Out what the Federal Reserve is going to do to rev up the economy. Big speech coming from chairman powell. Odds are hes going to talk about inflation. He wants more of it. If thats correct, hell be printing a lot of money. Literally seven minutes from now make that nine or ten minutes from now, we will be allowed to give you the official word. And, by the way, thats what the markets waiting for. The dow jones average is coming off the dow is going to be down about 22 points, roughly that way. Lets see what happens when we get the feds announcement. The s p, thats coming off its 18th alltime high. Down a couple of points at the moment. The nasdaq is coming off its 38th alltime high. We did receive news of just over one million new jobless benefit claims last week, no noticeable impact on the market on that. That market, the investors, theyre really waiting for the fed. Five big tech stocks, theyre coming off record highs. Here they are this morning, premarket. Apple is up some more, but