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The Coronavirus Crisis that has upended our country, claimed more than 170,000 american lives, has completely transformed this campaign tradition weve all come to know. Were not coming to you from a packed Convention Hall jammed with networking politicians, that convention is canceled. That single stage is all that remains in milwaukee. The headline speakers including joe biden and Kamala Harris wont even appear there. The real nerve center, a high tech control room that will draw in video fields from all over the country. The speeches and live reaction, crowd sourced videos from delegates and every day americans. It is truly a virtual convention. But the president tom line has not changed. Conventions are about unifying parties and electing president s. As we come on the air tonight, our brand new poll shows joe bid ....
Now, Washington Post reporters including dan ball, eugene robinson, take part in a virtual discussion on the Democratic National convention. They review the first night, which included speeches by former First Lady Michelle Obama and senator Bernie Sanders and discuss the conventions virtual format, maine political themes and they will look ahead to the second night of the convention that kicks off at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Columnist ost moderates this discussion from earlier today. There is still so many unknowns around this virus. Mr. Biden not only will america dig itself out of the whole menu put us in, we will build back better. Jonathan good morning. I am an opinion writer for Washington Post ....
We have blake burman at the white house. We begin with gerri willis. We finished with the s p at new record highs for first time in six months. Above the prepandemic highs. Think about that. That is the 14th record close this year. Turn to the nasdaq as well, also at a record high today, second Straight Record close for that index. The 34th record close this year. 174th record close since election day. Good news there. Market keeping an eye as you said on two big earnings reports today. One was walmart. Shares down after the nations largest employer reported eps of 31 cents a share, blowing out estimates samestoresales up 9. 9 . Online sales up 97 . Even so the stock is down. Dont know what it takes to get walmart up today. Home depot that stock up as well. Blowout Second Quarter with the sales up 23. 4 . Americans are remaking their homes as they are forced to live there, s ....