During the final evening of the Democratic National convention. From earlier today, this is 25 minutes. Good morning. Thank you for being with us on the final day of the democratic convention. From the biden campaign, we have kate bedingfield, Deputy Campaign manager and medications director, simone sanders, senior advisor, congresswoman rochester of delaware, and mayor, eric our city, eric garcetti, of los angeles. After their remarks during the q a, you can click raise your hand to ask a question. With that, i will kick it over to kate. You, everybody, for joining us. Welcome to day four, our final day of the democratic convention. I know that you all do not want it to end. We dont, either, but we promise tonight will be very, very special. Throughout this convention, we have heard from leaders past and present, advocates and Everyday Americans about standing up and fighting for what you believe in. Last night, we heard from former president barack obama and our now official Vice Pre
After nearly 50 years in politics, joe biden tonight wrapping up the last day of the Democratic National convention and the biggest night of his career in public service, delivering the acceptance speech for his partys nomination. Lets get to mary bruce in delaware where biden made his delired the most important speech of his political life. In deeplypassionate remarks he promised to unite the country and lead america out of what he described as this chapter of darkness, and he says the end of that chapter starts tonight. He cassays his priority will be getting control of the pandemic, something the current president is failing to do, failing to protect this nation. He promised to be a commander in chief americans can trust. He said its time too root out systemic racism, accepting the 30ears i the. As fireworks rained down he was wearing his mask, but byron, you could tell he was smiling underneath. Our thanks to mary. Now more on joe bidens big night. Heres my nightline coanchor, juju
It may be a while before we see dr. Anthony fauci delivering coronavirus updates on tv, because hes recovering at home after an outpatient procedure to remove a polyp from his vocal cord. A spokesperson says the 79yearold is expected to be working online today and back in the office on monday. Speaking of voices, a new study shows that singing is no more of a Coronavirus Spread risk than talking. It comes amid new optimism about having a vaccine by next spring. I spoke earlier with dr. Ryan ribiera. Good morning, dr. Ribiera, thank you for joining us. Lets start by looking to the future. The head of the administrations vaccine effort now says a safe and effective vaccine may be available by next spring, between april and june. What are your thoughts about that timeline . You know, ill say i actually do think it is plausible. There are safe ways to fast track drug evaluation, development. We do it all the time. Its not by cutting out the safety measures, its by cutting out the bureaucra
I am dave clark. Its august 18. I know where to find Steve Paulson. Even though i know we are in the middle of a heat wave, there is some good news to look forward to. Looks like it tomorrow. A little bit. It will be above average. Coming down it looks like 5 plus degrees. The higher clouds have drifted northward. If you are in santa rosa north, more high clouds. We are not expecting thunderstorm activity unless you were in mendocino county. Warm and hot. A little cooler toward the coastal bay. The city is a couple of 50s showing up. For firefighters, it will be a tough day. Napa, almost 70 degrees and a northerly breeze up there. Not strong but it is north and northwest. It is going to be mostly sunny. No thunderstorm activity. You can see cloud cover south and more to the north. Over us it will be mostly sunny and warm. 70s, 80s, 90s, 100s. Sal, the last concert i saw this year was tower of power at the fox. They are a good group. You did yourself well. They represent oakland in the
President trump. The former prosecutor making the case to the American People for the bidenharris ticket. For the very latest, we go to abcs mary bruce in wilmington, delaware. Reporter history was just made here tonight. Kamala harris is the first black woman, the first asianamerican to be nominated for Vice President. This is a huge moment for women, for women of color and young girls across the country. Harris sharing her personal story of her american dream, sharing how the daughter of two immigrants went on to become a woman who broke so many barriers throughout her career. She shared this vision of a country that she says now feels distant under President Trump and made the case for why joe biden, she says, is the leader who can bring back the country that made her own story possible. This was a night for trailblazing women. Hillary clinton also sharing words of wisdom with Kamala Harris. But the fiercest attacks came from former president barack obama, claiming that President Tr