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antonio, as well, we know the focus on the agenda at least today. >> indeed, tamron. the time warner arena, seats 20,000, very intimate arena. what is unusual about this convention center is that the floor where most of the delegate will be seated is very small. seven states have a place here on the convention floor. that, by the way, legacy, one of the performers who will perform tonight warming up. seating of course at the political congression is very political. this area is north caroline why, host state, but also a key battle ground state. one that the president won by a narrow ...

couple of weeks. you're starting to feel the excitement in the air. >> it's a great location. you get the lay of the land. that big white thing, that's savannah's trailer. better known as the olympic stadium. the observation tower. the aquatic center. >> amazing. >> you asked me to store your hair and makeup. >> we're going to spend a lot of time in these places over the next couple of weeks. >> yeah. >> makes it real being here now. >> it does. also the pomp and pageantry is already underway this morning. the famed big ben chimed nonstop for 3 minutes to celebrate the first official...

Where she can serve in congress, they'll deal with that very far down the horizon. egypt's government is now offering a string of concessi s concessions, but maintained a hold on power. protesters are still camped out in the central square. but some behaviors and businesses reopened after a weak of closures and demonstrations that we saw turn violent. ron, it's at 10:00 at night, 10:32 to be exact. what's the day like in the square as you observed it? >> reporter: well, thomas, we spent some time in the square. the protesters -- i dmoemt if they got to that number, but it was hundreds of tho...

That is trying to bring the opposition. it's unclear how many people really believe that. and the other dimension that's happening here is, yes, life is returning to a new state of normalcy. banks are opening for some time. schools are opening next week. when you walk around central cairo, it's its bustling self again. there's traffic conjection. people want to get on with their lives, but no one knows what each new day is going to bring. in some ways it's a surreal existence here. nobody knows exactly what it's going to be, yet the protesters are daerled to keep the pressure on the government...

for you? with bridges running through crumbling brilks, vice president joe biden introduced the plan for a new high speed railway. >> that means they're going to produce cleaner air, create skilled manufacturing jobs that cannot be outsourced and fundamentally increase productivity. this is going to require the same type of vision and ambition that led us to develop our interstate highway system more than a half century ago. >> msnbc political analyst richard wolffe joins me from the white house. it's very aggressive. so can it be done? >> reporter: that is every part of this questio...