Vice president mike pence, the number to call is 202 7488001. If you are a supporter of democratic nominee joe biden and kamala harris, 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message at 202 7488003. And on twitter, we are at cspanwj. On facebook, we are at facebook. Com cspan. We want to begin with some breaking news. The headline from the Washington Post. Coastal towns nearly wiped out. The president yesterday got a firsthand look at the damage inflicted by hurricane laura. ,e covered many of his events his stops first in louisiana, later in texas coming two days after the category four hurricane slammed the gulf coast, leaving at least 16 dead in storm hit areas, many now with severe wind and flooding damage. Authorities warned that some people could be without Running Water or electricity for weeks, all coming in the sinlate augus. That is the president yesterday touring the damage in texas and louisiana. Cnn is reporting that the president will travel to kenosha, wisconsin, that trip slated for tuesday. He is there to meet with Law Enforcement officials and survey some of the damage caused are demonstrations that took place blake, the africanamerican man shot seven times. All of this coming as fox news reporting violent clashes again in portland, oregon, the president talking about it yesterday. The demonstrations between those who support the president and black lives matter, leaving at least one person dead in a shooting that took place last evening. Wereand police saying they investigating a homicide in the area where Pro Trump Group clashed with protesters. And these are themes the president talked about thursday night in his address as he accepted the republican nomination. Here is part of what he said. [video clip] if the left gains power, they will demolish the suburbs, confiscate your guns, and appoint justices who will wipe away your Second Amendment and other constitutional freedoms. Biden is a trojan horse for socialism. If joe biden does not have the strength to stand up to marxists like Bernie Sanders and his fellow radicals, and there are many, we see them all the time. How is he ever going to stand up for you . He is not. The most dangerous aspect of the biden platform is the attack on public safety. Bidenbernie manifesto calls for abolishing cash bail, immediately releasing 400,000 criminals onto the streets and into your neighborhoods. When asked if he supports Cutting Police funding, joe biden replied, yes, absolutely. When congresswoman it had omar called the Minneapolis Police department a cancer when congresswoman ilhan omar called the Minneapolis Police department a cancer, biden did not reject her endorsement. He proudly displayed it on his website, in big letters. Make no mistake. If you give power to joe biden, the radical left will Defund Police departments all across america. They will pass federal legislation to reduce Law Enforcement nationwide. They will make every city look like democrat run portland, oregon. No one will be safe in bidens america. Host that is the president as he formally accept it his party nomination. One of the headlines comes from Johns Hopkins university. A grim number. Tony 5 million. That is the number worldwide of coronavirus. Lets get to your phone calls p the issue of Political Party conventions and whether or not it had any impact on how you will vote this november. Politico has the story with this headline, yes, we just saw the future of conventions, writing for a lot of insiders, ae Virtual Conventions where breath of fresh air. Of what are the future lyrical conventions . In part, the answer will come as all humans across the globe gradually conclude how much in person business is necessary after this pandemic. It is not as predictable is how major organize major parties will organize themselves in the future. Certainly some aspects of the online presentations this august will probably remain. Is joining us, your view of these conventions, did they change your mind in any way . Good morning. We will try for bill one more time. We go to john in ohio. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host are you undecided . Caller i am not on this up i am not undecided but i am not supporting either of those two. I voted for trump the last time and i voted for obama the last three times. Host he only ran twice. Caller i voted for him in the primary and in the general elections, then voted for trump in the general. I voted for bernie the last two primaries. Vote screeng to this time. Green this time. I tried to watch as much of the conventions as i could. I was unimpressed with both. As a democrat who voted for bernie the last two times, they put up mainly all people they put up hillary, put up bernie only one i really liked it seemed like they were not especially trying to unify with the bernie people, same as the last time. They were trying to lure in republicans and shut us out altogether. They want our votes to come in the general election but they do not want them to count at the conventions. Thinks. One of our viewers saying that the trump kit speeches could have been given by anyone. There were so devoid of humanizing anecdotes. Even worse, they were trying to sell a version of trump that was a total fiction. , support of the bidenharris ticket. Caller good morning. Thanks for taking my call. With the article about ignorant, andpid, a whole bunch of other things i can think of. That is not really what i want to talk about. Changedds to if these my mind, i imagine you can tell that i never detained the idea of voting for him anyway because he is a liar and i see through him. In regards to this what i am except about upset about is what i am seeing and hearing out wonderfuld, with the the blackagainst lives matter group here that is what i am concerned about. That 17yearold in kenosha, now they are starting to come out of the woodwork. My blacky suggest to arabers and sisters and my brothers and sisters, all people that,or i hate to say because i think you should call us the colorless people i suggest you all line up monday morning, at academy, and the states where you say you have a legal right to own guns, and a reporter will be out there and say why are you all lined up here . And you tell them you come because you will purchase your guns so that you can stand your ground. That would end this gun situation immediately. Have a wonderful sunday. I appreciate your allowing me to get out what i need to say. Thank you. Host brenda from houston, texas. Alan from scottsdale, arizona, supporter of the president. Good morning. Caller good morning. I am a republican and i am voting for trump. If hejust reported that was elected president , he would enter into thecs game. As far as i am concerned, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders lead, like donald trump. Both the democrat and Republican Conventions. A marvelous position in showing that donald j. Trump brought in people that are americans. It was a wonderful four days. I really enjoyed it. The thing id like to say is people like myself, who are americans, who believe in the constitution, have one thing in common. We love america. And when you look at the Democratic Party, who actually started the civil war, who brought us the ku klux klan, who loved senator byrd and was one of that heads of the ku klux klan in the senate for years and years and named the streets after somebody who was a ku klux klan person, it is just amazing that they can get away with what they do. They are totally trying to do one thing, and that is start a civil war. Host we will leave it there. The scene from baltimore wednesday and from the Virtual Convention that the democrats held a week before if you missed any of it, it is available in its entirety. We provided live, raveled to gavel cover of the conventions, now available on cspan. Org. All becomeerpt of the president shamelessly used his powers to add drama to the convention. He transformed the white house lawn to a sensitive of a convention hall, although the white house was the third option for trumps speech after two other venues and cities did not work out. The president a president had not given an acceptance speech inthe white house since fdr 1940. Amid all the words and the speechn bluster, the hammered away at what will be the main lines of attacks against biden. He is the vessel of an increasingly radical Democratic Party and is softer on disorder and crime in the cities. And opening byp not condemning the looting and violence, and the gop rightly exploited it. That from the National Review editorial. We go to james in West Virginia, supporter of the president. Good morning. Caller i appreciate you taking my call. I am for trump. A registered i am democrat, my whole family happen democrats, and the stuff that he has done and the things he has said, no matter what he does or what he do, there will be people who was that he has done it too early, done it too late, they are trying to blame everything on the Republican Party. What people do not understand is when disaster hits and everything, he wanted to go in, he steps in. Immediately jumps in to do it. I know a lot of people will disagree with me. I am a ford man. You might be a chevy man. But everyone has their own right to their own opinion. For instance, covid19, real quick my back in 1918, they found out we had the spanish flu. Over 20 Million People died from that. Not once did we shut down our country. Not once did we have social distance. Not once did we have to wear a mask or anything. Up, with what is are goingow, things to happen. We have no control over it. Who has only one man control, the man above of up above. For us to call ourselves christians and do what we do in my opinion. It is only my opinion. We all have one. We all have the right to accept what other people say and feel. Organization his did something for the country. Quick, thee, real stimulus money for unemployment and everything. He did what he had to do, party a loter of democratic countries want of democratic states the economies go down. In myfrom brandy, opinion, the black lives matter ivists need to the president with the demonstrations here in washington not far from the white house in what is being called black lives matter plaza, the president with this tweet this morning, taking aim at the mayor of washington, d. C. , that she should arrest these agitators and thugs. Or the federal government will do it for you. Enough. Democratic Vice President ial nominee, kamala harris. [video clip] we are at an inflection point. The constant chaos the incompetence make us feel afraid. The callousness makes us feel alone. It is a lot. And here is the thing. And deserve sor much more. President whoa will bring something different, something better. Nd do the important work a president who will bring all of us together, black, white, latino, asian, indigenous. To achieve the future we collectively want. Biden. Elect joe host that from senator kamala harris, her speech in wilmington, delaware. A couple of tweets. This from cynthia who said last week rebranded the gop as the party of donald trump, which makes voting for joe biden critical. His family spoke more than party leaders. The official platform is whatever trump wants. This from mark i did watch most of the Republican Convention. Very upbeat, positive. Be doom and gloom. Back to your phone calls. Laura is next, supporter of the president from troy, michigan. Caller good morning. In watching the convention, i was really impressed with the president s ability to make a real show. Really unamerican concerned with covid and unemployment and 10 million they wantoyed to show off his ability to make a show. And i am sorry that i voted for him. It was a mistake, and i will correct it next election. Does donald trump have his ties made an error, since he is such an advocate for made in america . I am 80 years old. M an avid political water water, and i participate as much as i can in a great deal when i was young. Ive never, in my whole life, ever seen such a traveling roadshow. Not concerned with the people that you are hurting as long as your name is out in the public. Host bottom line, who are you voting for . Caller well, if i am not voting for trump. Host ok. You phoned in on the line supporting the president , so we want them be clear that. From virginia, supporter of joe biden. Caller reports that say that trumps Favorite Movie that they shot the white house all the time is the greatest showman, the story of p. T. Barnum. He is famous for a quote that there is a sucker born every minute. This guy is the biggest conman. Whit about anya of his supporters. He just wants the vote. He made it clear that the first thing he will do is remove the tax that supports Social Security and medicaid. , 63e succeeds in doing that trump will take that money and make sure that money is used for future tax cuts for his wealthy buddies. Anybody who votes for this fool has got to have his head examined. They are either racist, money grabbers, or they are antiamerican. They are certainly not patriots. Host mother jones has this headline he ivanka trumps rnc speech was a preview of their future. Here are some of the details. Clinical conventions are showcases not just for their candidate being nominated for but for everyone who wants to follow in their footsteps. In that respect, the 2020 rnc was not just a preview of this campaign but was foreshadowing Many Republican campaigns for the years to come. And the politicians and wannabe politicians who spoke will not be going away anytime soon. You can tell a lot from the direction of the party, who was in attendance and who was not. There was no george w. Bush, no dick cheney, no mitt romney, the last republican nominee before trump. Over the course of the convention, we heard from the kinds of figures who actually are in Good Standing with the party these days, people like florida representative matt senator tomsas cotton, future North Carolina ,epresentative Madison Cawthorn mike pompeo in a taped address from jerusalem. That from mother jones. Richard is next, from alabama. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host you support the president . Caller yes, i do. If you will allow me to reflect back on one of the calls. I was in the military. I am a 100 disabled veteran. To call man who talked, me a fool and unpatriotic . I take exception to that. I support the president because he does have an America First agenda. That is the sole reason that i support him. This country is the greatest country in the world. And anybody who is not for this to tear it wants down as much as joe biden does called thisa harris man a racist and actually thought he might be a sexual predator, and now he is the best thing since sliced bread . Anybody who could change their mind like that, i couldnt support and 100 years. You thank you, and thank for your service. Another viewer said i watched the dnc, watched five minutes of the trump convention, hope the trump christians wake up and analyze if the man they support matches the bible text. If he is there is too much offstage action for the rnc and dnc to be the newsing moments of such a heavy week. More from the Democratic Convention and this speech by former president barack obama. [video clip] withsat in the oval office both men running for president. I never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. Of ourope, for the sake country, that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously. Weightcome to feel the of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. But he never did. For close to four years now, he 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 treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves. Donald trump has not grown into the job, because he cannot. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 americans dead. Millions of jobs gone. While those at the top are taking more than ever. ,ur worst impulses unleashed our proud reputation around the , and ourly diminished Democratic Institutions threatened like never before. That form former president barack obama, his speech in philadelphia during the Democratic Convention two weeks ago. Jeffrey on the phone from new york, supporter of the bidenharris ticket. Good morning. Caller good morning. You are my favorite of all the moderators. I have a couple of things on my mind for the past month. The biden presentation of his family photos shows it all. You can contrast that with the trump photos of his family. Ive never seen a more honest, loving smile, happy to be alive with his family, then joe biden. You contrast that with the phony hollywood new yorker smile he is just faking it. He does not really feel happy. He is not happy to be alive. He is not a christian. But i have a couple other things in mind besides body language. To educate the people who say these black lives matter protests are full of violent people and this and that, if you look at the graffiti on some of these burned buildings, they are writing an a with a large horizontal bar across it. This is the symbol for anarchists, anarchy, a for anarchy. If you see that symbol, these are anarchists, not black lives matter protesters. And before these republicans call me a communist or socialist, i am a veteran. Everyone in my family is a veteran. Every man, every woman in my family has married a veteran, and we can trace our white privileged background all the way back to the mayflower, so do not call me unamerican. What is unamerican is trump manufacturing his trump 2020 flags in communist china, tru