Biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much Harder Missions and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won, the next president of the United States, john s. Mccain. [ cheers and applause ] it was just a year ago when all of the experts in washington counted out our nominee bec
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
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
Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher she took night classes , at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races for the u. S. Senate and was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of
We will bring you that as well as remarks from some of those mr. Biden had to beat to get the nomination, including former mayor Pete Buttigieg. He will speak in just a few minutes from now. We welcome Bloomberg White house reporter mario. Give us a sense of what joe biden has to do tonight and what he wants to do. What is a win for him tonight . Mario obviously in his 50 year career in washington this is the biggest moment of his political career. This is the biggest speech he will be delivering tonight. His Campaign Said earlier that he will lay out is positive vision for the country and reaffirm his core belief that he can unite this divided nation. So anything that would hit that note would be a win for joe biden. David who is he speaking to . He is speaking to all of us but who is the target audience. If there is one person he wants to reach tonight and maybe change their mind, or at least get them enthusiastic, who is it . Mario he wants to get the voter back that donald trump in