Economy, our health, our children, the kind of country we live in. Its all on the line. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. You hear the music. The Democratic National convention is getting under way today as the party tries to make a virtue of being virtual bringing in hollywood stars and emcees. Hoping for no technical glitches and injecting as much youth as they can to energize young voters to come out to the polls including joe biden doing an interview with rapper cardi b. Oh, snap. Is this real . How ya doing . Hi. How are you . How are you . The names joe. I love ya, joe the massive virtual effort we will see throughout the week is the democrats big chance to grab an audience and make their chance that joe biden is the right man to lead the country reeling from a coronavirus pandemic and a crippling recession. The latest snapshot of the race. Our new nbc news wall street journal poll part of a clearer pictures we see in three other major polls. Biden hitting 50 or higher
People, to come together. And make no mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. So how will the Republican Party respond . President trump accepts the partys nomination next week and we will speak with Vice President mike pence in a moment. The closing night of the Democratic Convention was a Family Affair with hunter and ashley biden singing their dads praises and another video paid tribute to joe bidens son beau who died in 2015 from brain cancer. There was a powerful moment. Senator duckworth who lost her legs in iraq, standing next to her wheelchair declaring President Trump unfit to be commander in chief. They have a coward in chief who wont stand up to Vladimir Putin, read his daily Intelligence Briefings or publicly admonish adversaries for putting bounties on our troops heads. Joining us right now is senator tammy duckworth. Great to see you. You spoke as a military woman, you spoke as an army commander. You spoke of the sacrifices made by mil
Mike baker is a New York Times correspondent, he joins me from there. Mike, you were there during these clashes. What did you witness regarding the shooting that occurred and do we have any information as of yet on the victim . Yeah, so the shooting occurred while there were a bunch of trump pro trump vehicles driving through downtown. As you guys covered there, there was a gathering in the suburbs of Trump Supporters and they were going to drive around the outskirts of the city, but a lot of them decided to come through into downtown where they met a bunch of protesters who were there wanting to confront them. And sort of during the hours of that happening, there were reports of gunfire, went over to the scene and the police had blocked it off. There was a man who had been shot in the chest, who was being treated at the time, and he appears to have been wearing a Patriot Prayer hat, a far right group here in the portland area. Tell us more about the clashes between these two groups, m
Dont bother to put masks on during the flight. Its quite scary, to be honest. As soon as we boarded, we realise that many of the passengers hadnt really been educated about the wearing of facemasks. Hello, welcome to bbc news. The democratic president ial Candidatejoe Biden has accused donald trump of stoking violence and sowing chaos in america. In a strongly worded condemnation of the trump presidency, mr biden said his republican rival had failed to do even the basics of thejob in keeping the American People safe. Donald trump has blamed the democrats for violence which has erupted in cities such as portland and kenosha in recent weeks. Heres our north america correspondent nick bryant. This was the doorstep of the white house last night canisters of tear gas fired almost within sniffing distance of the president. And in this fog of ongoing protest, donald trump sees a clear political opening, a comeback in the polls fuelled by scenes of civil unrest. Law and order, he tweeted today
Fireworks, physically distanced crowds, biden supporters gathered out in cars, in the lots celebrating with the full fireworks experience. This fourth and final night of the dnc also touted some more personal aspects of joe biden and his wife jill while weaving politics and culture together with powerful musical performances that punctuated this final night. And it all culminated in a Pretty Simple argument from joe biden that he would draw on his decades of Public Service to be a leader for all americans. Biden speaking at a High Altitude with an implicit contrast to the low bar set by the current president. Here and now i give you my word. If you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst. Ill be an ally of the light, not the darkness. Its time for us, for we, the people, to come together. And make no mistake united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. So its with great honor and humility i accept this nomination for president o