What to watch on the first night of the Democratic convention

The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday with a two-hour virtual event built on a theme of unity. It will be a convention unlike any other: The coronavirus pandemic forced Democrats to scrap their planned in-person Milwaukee convention. Instead, speakers will deliver speeches from locations across the country and without the large in-person crowds that are traditionally seen at these events. All eyes will be on how smoothly the transition to a virtual convention works. The four-night event begins as former Vice President Joe Biden's lead is showing signs of narrowing. In a CNN poll released Sunday night, 50% of registered voters backed Biden to Trump's 46%, which is right at the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Top speakers of the night include former first lady Michelle Obama, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and a Republican -- former Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Obama and Sanders are two of the most popular figures in Democratic politics. Kasich, a former presidential candidate, is emblematic of the kind of anti-Trump Republican who Biden is hoping to win over in November. Here's what to watch starting at 9 p. m. ET Monday, on the first of four nights of the DNC, which will culminate with Biden accepting the party's presidential nomination and delivering his keynote speech Thursday night. The convention's main hubs will be stages in New York, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and in Biden's home of Wilmington, Delaware -- where he and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, will deliver their speeches later in the week. Emcees primarily broadcasting from Los Angeles will lead each night's two-hour programs, while speakers deliver their remarks from historic locations around the country. Meanwhile, a production truck in Wilmington will monitor hundreds of live feeds from across the country -- part of an effort to build excitement and add moments of reaction to the broadcasts. If Democrats can keep audiences tuned in and engaged, it could change the way political conventions are held moving forward. Obama is one of the nation's most popular public figures -- known for saying in her 2016 DNC speech, "when they go low, we go high. "She delivered another of the 2016 DNC's most memorable moments when she said, "I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. "But her speech Monday will come at a different moment in time -- one that sees Trump running for reelection amid a global pandemic and protests against racism. Recently, on a podcast, she said she's been suffering "low-grade depression" amid the pandemic and racial strife fueled by Trump. "I'm waking up in the middle of the night because I'm worrying about something or there's a heaviness, " she said. On an evening devoted to a message of unity, how Obama injects optimism into the anxiety Democrats have felt about Trump's tenure -- and November's election -- could bring Monday's most significant moment. All data is taken from the source: http://cnn.com Article Link: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politi... #night #newslatest #kingworldnews #newstodayupdate #newsworldnow #newstodayusa #