You later have it for on our website at cspan. Org. Coming up at 2 00 p. M. , we plan to bring you live coverage of House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy on his legislative priorities in response to the pandemic. We plan to have that live starting at 2 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Next week on our program. Anding us now is president ceo of the naacp derrick johnson. Thank you for being on our show. About where africanamerican support was for the democratic ticket for years ago and what has changed . What needs to change for joe biden . Guest we had a High Percentage voters supporting the Democratic Party in 2016 but we did see a drop in voter participation, about 7 , which is the first time in 20 years you have seen a drop in africanamerican voting. I believe as a result of the harris,ment of kamala you will see an increase in voter turnout compared to 2016. Down i understood you set with candidate biden to talk about issues, racial equality at the top of that list. Guest we are in the mi
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
This evening, senator Kamala Harris makes her acceptance speech as the Vice President ial nominee for the Democratic Party and leading up to a coverage watch speeches from other women Vice President shall nominees, Geraldine Ferraro and sarah palin. Speeches today at 6 p. M. Eastern only on cspan. Your unfiltered view of politics. , available innts paperback, hardcover and ebook from Public Affairs presented biographies of every president inspired by conversations with historians about the leadership skills that make for a successful presidency. Electionresidential year, as americans decide who should lead our country, this collection offers perspectives into the lives and events that forged each president s leadership style. To learn more about all of our president s and the books historians visit cspan. Org the president s. Available in paperback, hardcover and ebook wherever books are sold. Joining us now is the president and ceo of the naacp, derrick johnson. Thank you for being on
Highway 101 in santa clara. You do see mostly green. North 101 will be red chicklets but will be open from de la cruz and highway 87 up to lawrence. Well talk you through your alternates. They are taking you north, kari. You have much better news as far as the forecast goes. It will be slightly warmer today as we begin a warming trend. As we head out to dublin and check out how the morning shapes up, well be in the upper 40s, a chilly start, and it makes it into the mid70s as we go into early this afternoon and eventually reaching the low 80s. Well see some spots reaching the mid90s. More on that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. Breaking news to start off this morning. Firefighters are still at the scene of a brush fire that briefly threatened homes in eastern Contra Costa County that started before 2 00 this morning. Burned about five acres before firefighters got it under control. No word yet of a cause. Now live to capitol hill where President Trump is confirming the task
Jammed all the way up to just t. Heading north youre fine through santa clara, 237 and 280. Over to lawrence expressway and back over to the same area. Do note that is there. At least the forecast looks nice. It starts out nice and cool, a clear sun rise. Well see our temperatures slightly warmer today. Lets head over to martinez and check out our trend for the morning. We are going to start out at 8 00 at about 60 degrees. From 60 to 83 as we go into the rest of the day. Our temperatures will be peaking in the upper 80s in a few spots. Even hotter as we get into tomorrow. Ill show you our micro climates coming up. Firefighters still at the scene of a brush fire that briefly threatened homes in eastern Contra Costa County. It started a little before 2 00 on marsh creek road. This is video into our newsroom. It burned about five acres before firefighters got it under control. No word yet on a cause. Now to a live look at capitol hill. President trump confirms the White House Coronavirus