Democratic national convention. Here are lester holt and savannah guthrie. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to nbc news live coverage of the 2020 Democratic National convention. Good evening, everybody. The pandemic has forced both parties to change their convention plans in a big way. The democrats are up first and they are going all virtual tonight. And already tonight weve seen speakers share remarks from remote locations across the country, many of them in their own homes. Many of the speeches are coming in from feeds provided by the dnc either live or on tape. Right now youre seeing some of that feed. Weve seen music, weve seen stirring tributes. The sort of things we would typically see in a regular convention. Whats a convention without big speeches and well have them tonight. Senator Bernie Sanders will take the mic in just a few moments from now and the headliner of the evening, former first Lady Michelle obama, she taped her remarks before tonights event. Were also going to di
Interests who are more comfortable with joe biden about the centrists, and the more progressive wing that feel if they can get a win, maybe they can get a shot at some of their things. Its been going on for about an hour and its a very different look and we have seen. Can they get the sort of election bump that you can get from a convention . Jeanne i dont think we know yet. I dont think weve seen viral moment that this went. I think it is interesting that they put joe biden out there already for a period of time weve they have some really well produced pieces and theyve had some very good speeches, i think by clyburn in particular. I think were waiting on the two biggest speeches, which will be Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama, the highlights of tonight. Tonight is so important because they want to build this him tonight through thursday, and they have to sustain and build that audience in order to do that. Throughout the night and throughout the week. Now we turn to the economy, how
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Its a hard time and everyone is feeling it in different ways, and a lot of folks are reluctant to tune into a Political Convention right now, or politics in general. I am here tonight because i love this country with all my heart, and it pains me to see so many people hurting. I have met so many of you, heard your stories, and through you i have seen this countrys promise. Thanks to so many who came before me, thanks to their toil and sweat and blood, i have been able to live that promise myself. Thats the story of america. All those folks who sacrifice and overcame so much in their own times because they wanted something more, Something Better for their kids. There is a lot of beauty in that story. There is a lot of pain in it, too, a lot of struggles and injustice and work left to do. And who we choose as our president in this election will determine whether or not we honor that struggle and chip away at that injustice and keep alive the very possibility of finishing that work. I am
Im jamie colby, in ocean city, maryland, an irresistible atlantic resort town known for its golden beaches and this historic boardwalk. Now, the population may read 7,000, but more than 8 million visit every single year. And im here to meet a family that has a strange inheritance thats been an icon on this boardwalk for more than a century. Hi, doug. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. So nice to see you, too. Your family really is so well known here. Yeah, im afraid we are. Yeah, weve been here a long time. A long time, indeed since 1890, to be exact. Doug trimpers greatgrandparents daniel and Margaret Trimper purchase two city blocks of oceanfront land. They start with a pair of small hotels but in 1902 decide to risk everything on a new attraction. Daniel wants to bring in a ride unlike any seen before in maryland. He orders a massive carousel from the herschellspillman company. With a diameter of 51 feet, the merrygoround is one of the largest built up to that point. How special is the