That nobody really knew how it would turn out as far as viewership goes, is a little bit disappointing on night one. We will see what happens tonight with dr. Jill biden as the anchor of tonights program and see if we can attract more viewers. David do they have much of a hope of doing that . Michelle obama was a pretty big gun the first night. You would expect her to have the draw. Im not sure whats going to happen. Jeanne yeah, i think we have to be a little careful because so much of this is streaming. All of the numbers rick is right. Viewership is down on live tv. There is streaming. Students do not watch anything live. And afterwards. One of the things that last night did, they talked about the fact that trump is not in their view qualified to be president. I think the democrats really have to think about, they want to pull over these voters but they need to persuade in these swing states. They will have to do much more than just talk about how he is not just qualified and what j
And well be following this roll call as it plays out. It happens over several minutes. There are a lot of states who want to be counted. You see the tally at the bottom of your screen. Well bring you highlights as we go this evening. Well of course go to that big moment when joe biden officially clinches the nomination with 2,374 votes needed. We can dip in if you want. Theres montana now. Joe biden has a plan to make it happen. Montana casts one vote for Bernie Sanders and 18 votes for our next president , joe biden. Nebraska. And thats the way its been playing out. This is really a nomination on location. There are also some big speeches ahead this evening, including former secretary of state john kerry, who was the democrats 2004 president ial nominee, form secretary of state colin powell, a republican, and tonights headliner, joe bidens wife, dr. Jill biden. Well, its been a busy night. They have been on the air over an hour now. Weve seen a number of noteworthy speakers, including
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