Quite honestly, over all these years we faced some adversity and challenges. But, to be honest, its nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year. Just to stay afloat. Our revenue for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had free covid. Our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work. Ecause of the covid to be honest with you, i am just frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world. That, maybes to me if we just came together on this alone, maybe, as americans, and being united, we can overcome. Thank you for sharing your story. Im sure many Small Business owners feel the same way you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your business and your family. Marley whosen to 15 years old from west orange, new jersey. She is a literary activist and author and author of thousand black girl books. Some he people
My wife and i, 31 years ago, began our business. Honestly, over all of these years, we had faced some adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year just to stay afloat. We our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had precovid. And our customers are a little scared, our employees are sometimes afraid to come to work because of the covid. And to be honest with you, i am just frustrated. I dont understand how we got here. We are the greatest nation in the world. And it just seems to me that, maybe if we just came together on this one issue alone, maybe , as americans and being united, we can overcome it. Yeah. Thank you, scott, for sharing your story. I am sure many Small Business owners feel the same way that you are feeling now. We wish you the best for your business and, of course, for your family. Now i would like to turn to mar
Americans affected by andd19, the economy, Racial Discrimination address the 2020 Democratic National convention. This 40 minute portion includes remarks by Small Business owners, Domestic Violence survivors, climate activists, and gun violence prevention advocates. Many of you know, Small Businesses employ half of all u. S. Workers. Tonight, we have scott. Scott, you are a Small Business owner from pennsylvania. Small businesses have been hit so hard in this crisis. So many Small Businesses. How are you doing . How are you managing . Well, its been rough. Rough is the nice word to say it. My wife and i, 31 years ago, began our business, and quite honestly, over all of these years, we had faced some adversity and challenges, but to be honest, nothing like we are today. We have literally had to reinvent our business several times since the beginning of the year. Just to stay afloat. And we our revenue, for example, is off about 40 . We have half of the employees that we had precovid. An
Ocasiocortez, and we will hear from the wife of the former Vice President and the Presumptive Democratic nominee. We are joined from wilmington, delaware. Presumptive democratic nominee. First, your take away, what is the story from this evening . Guest the story from tonights evening his former first Lady Michelle obamas closing speech. That really stole the night and that is what is going to be, that will lead the conversation heading into day to. It set a high bar that all the other major speeches that happen throughout the week, including that of joe biden himself, will be compared to Michelle Obamas speech. She did not make these kind of low blow personal attacks against President Trump. She was very clinical in her analysis of him and his job as president thus far. She even used a line from the president himself, in his interview with axios on hbo, when he dismissed the number of deaths, the human toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he told my colleague, quote, it is what it
Discussion on racial justice. Here is Actress Eva Longoria leading off the first day of the convention. Ms. Longoria good evening. And eva longoria guest on welcome to the 2020 Democratic National convention, uniting america. Every four years we come together to unite our democracy. This year we come to save it. It is going to take all of us, so tonight we stand together united by the values we cherish decency, respect, justice, and the opportunity to rise up. We always hear that line about this being the most important election of our lifetimes, but this year, it really is. The past few months have tested us all. We have lost more than 170,000 family members and friends to covid. This tragedy is compounded by the loss of jobs and income. But it is not just the past few months. The past four years have left us, as a nation, diminished and divided. And yet in the middle of the fear and sorrow and the uncertainty, people have come together. Because they know we are better than this. Amer