And the aflcios Richard Trumka talks about Union Members and campaign 2020. Then priorities usa chairman guy cecil talks about his super pacs role in the election. Washington journal is next. Ccept yours i a nomination for Vice President of the United States of america. That was californias democratic senator, kamala this is the washington journal for august 20. Joe biden will accept his nomination. You can see that starting at 9 00 this evening. For the next hour your comments on the event of the Democratic Convention including senator harriss acceptance speech. Yo if you support joe biden, 202 7488000. If you support President Trump, 202 7488001. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. Cspanwj, and you can post on our facebook page. Our coverage starts at 9 00 tonight for the final night of the Democratic National convention which you will hear from joe biden and senator cory booker and the former mayor of south bend indiana, former president ial candidate, Pete Buttigieg, and former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. You can also watch on our website, cspan. Org and listen on our radio app. Now senator harris speech last night. This was the burden on ms. Harris at the Democratic Convention on wednesday as she sought to introduce herself to a nation and a party that barely knows her. This is the burden that will be on her for the next four years if she and mr. Biden win in november. Really has a Vice President ial candidate served under a president ial nominee who may not seek a second term. As a result misses harris carries extraordinary weight from her party to rise to the demand of leadership. Here is a portion of her speech from last night. [video clip] taught harris my mother me that service to others gives life purpose and meaning. Werew i wish she here tonight, but i know she is looking down on me from above. I keep thinking about the 25yearold indian woman, all of five feet tall, who gave birth to me at Kaiser Hospital in oakland, california. On that day she probably could have never imagined i would be standing before you now and speaking these words. Forcept your nomination Vice President of the United States of america. So committed to the values she taught me, to the word that teaches me to walk by faith and visionsight, and to a passed on through generations of americans, one that joe biden shares. A vision of our nation as a beloved community where all are welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where we come from or who we love. A country where we may not agree on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is of infinite worth, deserving of compassion, dignity, and respect. A country where we look out for one another. Where we rise and fall as one. Ande we face our challenges celebrate our triumphs together. Host more of that speech is available if you want to see the whole presentation. You can go to cspan. Org. Here is some of the reaction. Is king from mother jones saying this was not harris first time on the main stage. In 2012 she had a prominent but not starring spot talking about how she was leading california out of the foreclosure crisis. This time she made her case about what propels her and why. It was a departure from her usual button up style. She is more comfortable discussing policy than the human side of it. She finally made a compelling case for herself and her leadership. Here is another publication known as the week. Rather than making an argument harris set out to do what she was expected to do. Introduce herself to the country. She did it in a clicheridden way talking about women then transitioning to black women, then adding her indian heritage, then latinos. Then she name checked indigenous people, and in high earnings estnest said there is no vaccine for racism. Michigan, a supporter of joe biden starting us off. This is jerry. Go ahead. Caller good morning. Watching Kamala Harris speech she really hit it out of the park. I think she thinks she and joe biden really have what it takes to take the fight to an arrogant, narcissistic donald trump. Finallyly know who else called out donald trump, at last, after all these years after being bashed by racist white people . It was former president barack obama. Finally calling out donald trump. Trumpbasically saying really does not know how to be a president. Host when it comes to senator harris speech, what was it specifically that compelled you to think about her potential as a leader of the free world . Caller i think about her experience as a prosecutor, and compassion towards the oppressed and downtrodden. Finally for a lot of racist white people on the republican line, their heads are probably exploding, and we will hear a lot trashing from trump, not only from trump but his sycophants Mitch Mcconnell and lindsey graham. Spring valley, new york, also a supporter of joe biden. Caller good morning. I am a big supporter of joe biden now. I always did like him. Emotional that last night was a very good gift to the country. She let us know who she is. I just wish we could get over her being black. Lets get on with what she is going to help joe with. I think joe is going to be great. He is not going to try to dictate this country by himself. He is going to have a circle. He has a habit of being around good people. John mccain, and things like that. Not just his gang. Another thing, i would like to see the press start calling this guy liars when he is lying. He has lied host coming back to Kamala Harris, you said the speech showed who she is. What part of the speech showed something about her . Caller she had a mother and a father, she was definitely born in oakland, alright . Revealed. Be i think that she dropped out of the president ial race because they have a circle. I think she already knew she was a top contender for whoever won that. I thought it was real smart that she got out. Believe me, i was not a fan. I started with Elizabeth Warren. Id not like the lives i still like her. I think we are heading back to being the leader of the world again. Host james and spring valley, new york. Mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. A supporter of President Trump. This is greg. Caller it has been a while since i have talked. It is amazing to me to see her speech last night and compare it to what is happening across the country in places run by democrats. She professes to be all things to all people, but what do you see happening in portland, seattle, chicago . Do you see everybody getting together to Work Together . No, you dont. You see racism. Yeah, you do, because there is a lot of hatred of white people out there. That is whats going on. There is some racism. It goes both ways. She says she wants to bring people together. What is she going to do about portland . What is she going to do about seattle . Lets face it, everyone is convinced mr. Biden will not be around for a full term. For sure not a second term. That should be the question. The Mainstream Media is not asking the questions that should be asked. Finally, i would like to know, what is the standard cspan has for what people can say about people . There has been a lot of negative things said about donald trump. You can criticize his policies, but lots of people are saying things that are definitely borderline that would not be about,ed if i said it harris or barack obama. Greg in mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. Speaking of pennsylvania the president is headed they are today. He is going to make a campaign 15 minutes outside of joe bidens hometown of scranton. Air force one is scheduled to land at 2 30 at the wilkesbarrescranton international airport. He is expected to speak at 3 00 p. M. About the halfcentury of joe biden feeling america. You can see that if youre interested at 3 00 this afternoon. Cspan, cspan. Org, and our radio app is how you can view the president s event today. A supporter of joe biden. Caller hello. I support joe biden and, harris. Family values. I pretty much thin they pretty much think the way i think. They said everything i think. I believe they would lead this country in a more positive way. Host when you say they exude family values, specifically what do you mean . Caller just the way they speak. The videos they have shown. I have seen biden through the years and Kamala Harris through the years. They show they do care for the people. I have seen her fight in and her, her debating questioning of witnesses. Andwants to get the truth, she wants to do something about all this terrible stuff thats going on now. And they know how to speak. I like listening to them. They dont repeat and they dont lie. Anythingyou know different about senator harris today than yesterday when she spoke . Caller she has always been the same. We run to the tv when she is on. She is inspirational. She is a person like obama and biden. They have been the type of people that you run to the tv to see. We have always been admirers of her. Thatare the type of people are leaders. The people you look up to for help. You have faith in them. She has always been that way. Havea californian, and always supported her. Host North Carolina, a supporter of President Trump. Caller thank you for taking my call. I do support President Trump. Now you hear a lot in the media about how, harris has made history. She has made history with being a Vice President pick in the background. We dont hear a lot about what she really believes. I will give you any example. Her and biden support the new green deal. The green deal has a price tag of over 90 trillion. The economy is already struggling with the National Debt over 24 trillion. What do you think that price tag will do to our economy . Host you said people dont know what she believes, yet you cited that. How did you find that out . Caller i get news from different news apps, different news agencies. One American Network is a Great News Network to get news, newsmax. Anyone can see, research the new green deal, and see how much that will cost. Do the math. Host a supporter of joe biden, wayne in dundalk, maryland. Go ahead. Caller i support biden and his people. I really am behind them, because this stuff has got to stop here in the United States. He wassident right now taking children away from the that were coming across the border. Mass incarceration of children, that is not right. Also putting his own family in places of government they dont belong, and they are not doing a good job. Host why specifically do you support joe biden . Caller i know he has been over the top of the mountain. He lost his first family, his wife and daughter. He remarried and he lost his son. You go through Something Like takes a real belief in god and a strong person to still have a good frame of mind to do what hes doing, and that his work for the people of the United States. I think congress and the president has to realize they are not just there for a Certain Group of people. They should be there for everybody. Of matters of religion, senator chris coons from delaware is cut from the same cloth of joe biden. In many ways. He occupies the same seat from delaware that biden held for 36 years. He is known for seeking bipartisan collaboration where possible and is open about his faiths influence on his life. His remarks will focus on faith, attesting and highly personal fashion, with long time belief in god. The theme and timing of his speech on the pandemicaltered kunz is set to say according to prepared remarks joe knows the power of prayer and ive seen him in moments of joy and triumph, loss and despair turn to god for strength. That is what you will see including joe bidens acceptance speech. 9 00 is how you can watch it on cspan, cspan. Org, and our radio app available if you wish. Undecided voter, eric, virginia. Caller good morning. Host go ahead. Caller hey, i just wanted to say a lot of people are focusing on trump as a racist, and i think thats a bad idea. Me being a black american, i think they need to stop doing it, because it is turning a lot of us off. There are some flaws in toms character, but that doesnt mean he cant be a great leader. Anything that it to be elected. I can remember in the 1970s and 1980s when he was one of the ones making legislatures that you could deem more racist than anything trump has done so far. Me being undecided i am taking a look at everything and not being swayed by the focuses on the whatm or what trump is and biden is. I am looking at the real issues that matter for the whole country. Host such as what . Thats such as poverty going on. Have problems with poverty now. Host if poverty is the issue you are focusing on, what is the approach you think joe biden will bring versus what trump has done . Caller i think joe biden will throw a lot of money into everything and welfare programs, but that may not be good for the country. Trump is doing hardnosed things he thinks will help the country in the long run, and some politicians are afraid to make the tough decisions. That is why some politicians are continuously being recycled do whatever the public thinks. I am looking at it that way. I think trump is not as bad as they are trying to cut them out to be, and i think a lot of other people in the country are watching now. I admit that he has flaws, but they have seen that this guy can be elected. Undecided is an voter. We will go to debbie in North Carolina, a supporter of joe biden. Caller i really enjoyed listening to kamala and barack obama last night. Because it is good to finally hear the truth. It has been a dark four years. I will be so thankful when biden and kamala are elected. Host specifically, what do you think they have said or done to this point that convinces you change will happen . Caller biden has experienced. He has been alongside obama. He has made decisions. E women acte abus that was passed. I feel like he can be the best president. Prosecutor anda she is really intelligent. She is a stepmother and a wife. Those are things no one knew about her before. I think she will be a fabulous Vice President. The the front page of wall street journal looks at joe biden and the party as far as his job as a uniter. Saying joe biden calls for more liberal candidates to create a medicare for all health care system, extend Free Public University tuition to everyone, and overhaul the economy to eliminate fossil fuels. Polls show mr. Biden benefiting from a primary electorate that cared most about beating the president , but there has been a resurgence since the coronavirus and they planrch, to keep pressure on mr. Biden to implement liberal policies if he wins the presidency. If the former Vice President wins the white house he will preside over the fight on how the party governs. If he loses the party is likely to go through a soul process that will test the liberalmoderate divide. When you the other keynote speec speakers was president barack obama. In part talking about president idea President Trump not taking the job seriously. [video clip] insident obama i have set the oval office with both men running for president. I never expected my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. I did hope, for the sake of our country, that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. That he might come to feel the andht of the office discover some reverence for the democracy that has been placed in his care. But he never did. Years now, heour has shown no interest in putting in the work. No interest in finding common ground. No interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends. No interest in trading the presidency as anything more than one more reality show he can use to get the attention he craves. Donald trump has not grown into the job, because he cant. The consequences of that failure are severe. Dead. 0 americans millions of jobs gone. At the top have taken more than ever. Our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our Democratic Institutions threatened like never before. Host an undecided voter from phoenix, arizona. Ryan, hello. Caller good morning, america. I am still undecided. I like a few things about biden and kamala, but a couple of things i dislike. It seems that their policies are evolving around defund the police. I dont know how that will work out, how the average joe will feel safe without police and they cant have guns. I do believe in the environment, that is one thing im frowning on on trump. His Environmental Policies have been lackluster. Biden and kamala will open borders, so more people, more consumers, more trash, more pollution, more people after that. I dont know how you can support ourironment and population over and over. I have gripes on both sides and we will see what happens. Host what will be your deciding factor come november . Caller good question. We will see what comes out. See if they can wrinkle out any of those main focuses. The economy as well. I am getting older. I want to make sure the job market is on a recovery to come back, the economy and everything. A few things to consider. I am not a strict republican or democrat. Just kind in the air, of seeing where the chips fall. I think they both both teams have good positives, but they both have some negatives as well. I wish i knew, but i will Pay Attention, and i appreciate your show. I will Pay Attention and continue to watch, observe, and make my mind up by november. Host