It's Thursday, August 20th. I'm Keila Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Rennstein. This is what a day where we're still stuck in the Philadelphia

Museum where Obama did his speech.

Yeah, everyone who was hidden here left and we're fully locked inside now.

There's a good chance that all of these statues and artifacts will soon come alive.

See that's what I was afraid of.

On today's show, it's night three of the DNC, then the latest on the coronavirus,

and of course some headlines.

So let's get into the Democratic National Convention.

Last night featured marquee speeches from the VP,

pick Senator Kamala Harris and former president Barack Obama.

And before that, in the first half of the night, the convention focused on a lot of

dire issues facing the country. There was a package on gun violence featuring a powerful speech

from former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, as well as personal individual stories from others who

have experienced gun violence and taken action on the issue. There were also segments on immigration,

climate change, domestic violence, and more. Overall, it seemed to be more policy heavy with,

for instance, a segment about the Violence Against Women Act, a major legacy point for Biden that

was part of the 94 crime bill. Yeah, and it's definitely not something I expect to see anything

about at the RNC next week. But thematically, there was also a section on groundbreaking women

that included speeches from Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with references to

Shirley Chisholm, who was the first black woman to run for the Democratic Party nomination.

Harris also referenced many of those women, as well as her own mother in her speech.

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