Who kicked off tonight with a keynote. Plus two former president s, jimmy carter and bill clinton. And one of americas most prominent republicans, general colin powell. It is also a night for some traditional Convention Business and like Everything Else this year, its being done in a brand new way. The roll call of the states from the states. Starting with alabama, in selma. Delaware will secure the nomination for favorite son joe biden at the close. Lets check in now with the state of nebraska. A lot of us dont have paid sick leave or even quality protective equipment. We are human beings, not robots, not disposable. We want to help you feed your family, but we need a president that will have our backs. Nebraska casts 33 votes for our next president , joe biden. Nevada. Working people are the backbone of our economy and the key torecovery. Joe biden knows its not enough to praise them, we have to reward them. So, lets raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, empower workerss and safer wo
Campaign and the role of africanamericans in the election. We will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Good morning on this monday. The first day of the Republican National convention with the roll call vote starting this morning at 9 00 eastern. You can watch here on cspan. The speeches begin this evening. President trump is expected to make an appearance every day of the convention. We will begin with taking your temperature of campaign 2020. Here is how we are dividing the line. Trump,upport president. All 202 7488000 if you support joe biden, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. At 202 lso text us 7488003. With a little bit more on what chairect, this is the rnc on face the nation yesterday. We will be in North Carolina. President has an event planned in asheville. He has not confirmed if he is going to come by charlotte yet. The ap is reporting mike pompeo will be addressing from israel, where he is on o
Pretty sad commentary for the Senate Leader in the United States of america to sit on a bill that the house passed and then say, well, whatever this president wants, i want. The white house is trying to determine if money left over from an earlier stimulus bill can be used to extend federal unemployment benefits. A top ucsf epidemiologist who says he sees surges as waves is predicting that it is inevitable that we might see a third wave of coronavirus. I dont think that well get back to a true baseline before we see a third wave. Were really at the end of a second wave. So well see it go back down a little bit before it starts to go back up again. So the biggest question mark now is when will we get a vaccine. Dr. Fauci has said a vaccine could come by the end of the year, but some of the people designing the vaccine trials say it might not happen until 2022. I think it will be sooner than that, you know, it is easy to say lets split the difference, somewhere are beteen dr. Faucis opti
There are tents and families out there. People from diverse backgrounds. Practically every part of the lake. Crowds are here to recognize juneteenth. A holiday for the African American community that has taken on a whole new meaning this year. We want to show you video, ranger over lake merritt. Thousands crowd to take part in the festivities. People are gathering to hear from speakers explaining the significance and the history behind this day. People have mixed emotions over how quickly main street america and several corporate merks and the nfl is starting to embrace. It started with a caravan that made its way to headquarters. Oakland city hall among the speakers. Civil rights icon angela davis, actor danny glover who wasnt there physically but called in to share his words of support. The crowds have been nothing but peaceful but its a tricky balance. Were in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. You get the sense that people here have been missing that communal atmosphere. That co
Disappoint will hold the line and our unity will prevent the e. U. Commission president. Vowing to help greece deal with thousands of refugees greece has been blocking seldons of them trying to cross its border from neighboring turkey and as the corona virus continues to spread around the world well meet a Hong Kong Family thats been told to self quarantine. And others like them are dealing with the isolation. Im bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world well we start tonight in the United States where millions of people are casting ballots in the countrys super tuesday primaries its the. Biggest day on the Campaign Calendar for the 5 Democratic Candidates still left in the race for the president ial nomination now whats crucial about super tuesday is that 14 states are holding primary today and under the system the more votes that a candidate gets in each state the more delegates there are awarded and the states with the most democratic delegates u