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
A vast lineup of passionate speakers from both sides of the aisle but the pandemic means this years convention is an entirely virtual affair. And here in germany trial begins an unprecedented online paedophile case alongside the defendant more than 150. 00 suspects have been identified and prosecutors say theyre investigating tens of thousands of leads. On nichols good to have you with us. And belarus president aleksander sending mixed messages about his willingness to hand over power on sunday the authoritarian leader said protestors would have to kill him before any new vote is allowed now he says he may be over. In new elections but only after a constitutional referendum the embattled president attempt to buy time amid a growing political crisis was met with fresh demonstrations on monday nights look at says he won the election last week and many inside and outside of bell arose saying the vote was raked. Through red and white flag of the opposition has been raised one small on the
And wisconsin. We took up that challenge and delivered a resounding yes. Democratic governors not only one big and purple states like michigan and pennsylvania, they also one in ruby red states like kansas, kentucky, louisiana. Democratic governors have one in in six stateswon n in 2016. D trump woo now that they are in office, they are fighting for these values. I am so honored to be introducing todays panel that includes some of these incredible leaders. All of these governors were elected in 2018 and 2019 in those blue waves. We could not have a better moderator. Former gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. The discussion will focus on what this work looks like in todays political landscape. We cannot stop there. We have critical races in montana, missouri, New Hampshire to name just a few. We need you by our side to add more states to our list. We need you to help. Please text us. We need you to stay with us. We will continue to make a difference in blue states, purple states, red
Others to discuss the upcoming general election. This is about an hour. Senator sanders good evening. Welcome to what is going to be an exciting discussion tonight. It will be in conflict with the establishment politicians and the elite who represent the working families in this country. These are great people who have run great campaigns. And let me introduce them to you. Reelected last night in a landslide victory, they told us it was going to be a tough race. What was it, 6633 . Ms. Tlaib 69. Senator sanders really . But who is counting. Congratulations. Ms. Tlaib thank you all. I appreciate it. What i love about you, you didnt become the democratic nominee but didnt give up on this movement and you continue to support so many of us that are speaking truth and putting people before profit and i cant thank you enough for not giving up on this movement. And continue to support. Senator sanders how could i give up when we have people like you guys . You inspire me. You inspire the amer
His 2016 president ial campaign, a promise to protect American Workers, to put an end to the abuse of the h1b visa program. President trump signed an executive order at the white house today banning federal agencies from firing american citizens or green cardholders from their federal jobs and or suring Foreign Workers and hiring Foreign Workers to replace them. Todays action also orders a study to determine just how many federal jobs are now held by foreign visa workers. President trump today heard from a number of American Workers, workers who were forced into the degrading, humiliating process of training their less qualified foreign replacements. Thats right. H1b visa workers trained by the reporters they were the workers they were replacing from the Tennessee Valley authority. The federallyowned corporation that provides Utility Services to residents in seven states. The tva recently announced a plan to outsource 20 of its Technology Jobs to Companies Based overseas. Do you suppos