Delaware putting joe biden over the top. He represented delaware and the u. S. Senate for 30 plus years. Tonight, he officially became the democratic nominee. Heres how it happened. Thank you to all of our delegations. 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. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family and i will see you on thursday. Thank you, thank you, thank you that is how it unfolded. Alexi is joining us from wilmington, delaware. A very different convention tonight, a very different acceptance by joe biden. Tell us what your reaction has been so far. There are not many balloons or confetti falling from my hotel room or sitting on the floor behind me. I am stuck in this hotel until they give their live remarks wednesday and th
Protesters calling for the president to step down and it is the 2nd night of the Democratic National convention as joe biden edges closer to officially sealing the president ial candidates. The developing news in the past few hours that malis president abraham has resigned after being detained by soldiers in a coup he appeared on state television saying he had no choice but to step down as he didnt want any bloodshed west african bloc ico us has closed its borders with mali suspended financial flows within the country and to cope with the country im sorry and call for sanctions shelob else has all the details. The bamako residence of president Abraham Boubacar Kasia secure and heavily guarded but instead of keeping people out the soldiers were keeping him in. He and Prime Minister abuses say we detained here on tuesday confusion prevailed today with no explanation by the military or government until president keisha appeared on state television announcing his resignation. I want no blo
Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the United States of america, nancy reagan. [applause] [applause] mrs. Reagan thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [music concludes] [cheers and applause] mrs. Reagan thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. I have to tell you that there is no experience like watching yourself on film that you had done 30 years ago. [laughter] its an experience. But i know you have obviously heard a lot of political speeches. But i would like to shift gears with you for just a minute if i could, because it gives me the chance to Say Something to you i have wanted to say for a long time. Id like to thank you very much for all the support and the hard work, and the kindnesses that you have extended to us over it appeared of years over a period of years. I know you are not aware of it, but i drew on your strength many times, particularly the first year in the white house. [applause] i am very grateful to you for t
Season and what voters should look for during the Opening Night of the Democratic National convention. This is about five minutes. We are using platforms. You can watch events and catch up on Convention News at the hub on our website, the hill. Com. Is thought, timely and relevant events at 11 00 a. M. Eastern and 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Bigill focus on the questions, questions about the real impact of covid19 on a president ial election, the role of social media and digital targeting, the battle for congress, the pulse of the American Voter and the ticket of joe biden and come along and Kamala Harris. I would like to thank the American Petroleum institute for their support of todays events. Using the thes hill 2020. We are broadcasting live. You could expect occasional trouble with the video. I laughed when we get to that part. Freshening the page should fix the problem. Lets jumpther ado, in with when more. Moore. N moore it is great to see you again. Is it any different being sergeant a
They will gather in a session on saturday morning. Votes live,bate and here on cspan. Earlier today, the Washington Post interviewed Hakeem Jeffries ahead of the opening of the Democratic National convention. He discussed a range of issues including oversight of the u. S. Postal service, Election Security and Kamala Harris as the Vice President ial nominee. Good afternoon. Welcome to Washington Post live. Kickoff of the Democratic National convention. That was supposed to be in milwaukee but instead, it has gone virtual because of covid19. Who better to give us a kickoff viewpoint but also the priority of the Democratic Party then one of its rising stars. Congressman Akeem Jeffries of new york. Mr. Chairman, welcome to Washington Post live. There is a lot to talk about. Lets jump in and go right to the post office. You, it ises thank great to be with you. The attacks that we have seen my President Trump and his henchmen have been heinous and part of a continuing criminal conspiracy in