Democratic national convention. Here are lester holt and savannah guthrie. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to nbc news live coverage of the 2020 Democratic National convention. Good evening, everybody. The pandemic has forced both parties to change their convention plans in a big way. The democrats are up first and they are going all virtual tonight. And already tonight weve seen speakers share remarks from remote locations across the country, many of them in their own homes. Many of the speeches are coming in from feeds provided by the dnc either live or on tape. Right now youre seeing some of that feed. Weve seen music, weve seen stirring tributes. The sort of things we would typically see in a regular convention. Whats a convention without big speeches and well have them tonight. Senator Bernie Sanders will take the mic in just a few moments from now and the headliner of the evening, former first Lady Michelle obama, she taped her remarks before tonights event. Were also going to di
Interests who are more comfortable with joe biden about the centrists, and the more progressive wing that feel if they can get a win, maybe they can get a shot at some of their things. Its been going on for about an hour and its a very different look and we have seen. Can they get the sort of election bump that you can get from a convention . Jeanne i dont think we know yet. I dont think weve seen viral moment that this went. I think it is interesting that they put joe biden out there already for a period of time weve they have some really well produced pieces and theyve had some very good speeches, i think by clyburn in particular. I think were waiting on the two biggest speeches, which will be Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama, the highlights of tonight. Tonight is so important because they want to build this him tonight through thursday, and they have to sustain and build that audience in order to do that. Throughout the night and throughout the week. Now we turn to the economy, how
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