Colin Powell To Speak At Democratic Convention In Endorsement Of Joe Biden

Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama, rose to 22.8 million viewers. The Nielsen company said the Democrats reached 19.7 million for Monday's first night and 19.2 million for the second night.

John Oliver kicked off Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight by addressing last week's Democratic National Convention —or, what many in the media took to calling "an unconventional convention" due to its virtual nature and lack of attendees amid the coronavirus pandemic. "That's one of those things that sounds like it has gravity but actually means next to nothing, like 'it is what it is' or 'Quibi exclusive,'" Oliver quipped.

Action was the theme of the 2020 Democratic National Convention's third night — a surprisingly moving and satisfyingly substantive two hours of speeches and biographical montages. And if the first two nights of the DNC were largely dedicated to wooing centrists and promising national unity (through appearances by the likes of John Kasich and Colin Powell), Wednesday was all about energizing the base, particularly its youth.

History was made Aug. 11 when Joe Biden announced California Sen.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden’s widely praised acceptance speech wrapped up the most unusual political convention we’ve seen — a big test for the Democrats in how they communicate their message during the coronavirus crisis.If the goal was to project unity, empathy and purpose, it worked. As others have noted, the virtual nature of the convention by default removed some of the problems that plagued Hillary Clinton’s large-scale gathering four years ago, i.e.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA virtual fundraiser co-hosted by Jeffrey Katzenberg and George Clooney netted $7 million for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Friday, according to the organizers.The fundraiser featured appearances from Biden, running mate Kamala Harris, and their spouses, according to a release.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden and Kamala Harris followed up their convention week on Friday with an L.A.

Stephen and Ayesha Curry are endorsing Joe Biden for U.S. president, but it’s their kids whom everyone really wants to hear from.

Ted Johnson, Dominic Patten “Family, family, family.”That was the  motto of the video that introduced Joe Biden on the final night of the virtual Democratic National Convention, and showed just how the COVID-19 forced transformation of a national tradition could produce something in many cases more intimate.Far from the cheering crowd of delegates that have characterized American political conventions for decades, the former vice president’s big night was the culmination of finely tuned

Ted Johnson Joe Biden delivers the most important speech of his political career tonight on the finale of the Democratic Convention, but he’ll also have a bit of counter-programming by President Donald Trump.In the hour before Biden delivers his acceptance speech, Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by Sean Hannity on Fox News’ Hannity, several hours after the president trekked to Biden’s childhood hometown of Scranton, PA to give a speech.The highlight of the Democratic Convention, to start at

Hillary Clinton is recalling her 2016 Presidential Election loss during her speech at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

won the popular vote in 2016 but ultimately lost the election to Trump because of the electoral college, said.

signature baggy shirt and neon-green dyed roots, Eilish declared that “Silence is not an option, and we cannot sit this one out.”“The only way to be certain of the future is to make it ourselves,” she said, before imploring people at home to register to vote.Her performance was the first of three musical interludes on the docket for night three of the convention.Prince Royce followed soon after Eilish with a cover of “Stand by Me” and Jennifer Hudson is set to sing later in the night, too.

Hillary Rodham Clinton returning to the DNC's virtual stage four years after becoming the first woman to win the nomination of a major party. Now, she's honoring Kamala Harris' historic VP nomination.«I know something about the slings and arrows she'll face. Believe me, this former district attorney and attorney general can handle them all,» she said.

Kerry Washington took the virtual stage as host for the third night of the Democratic National Convention. Washington spoke about the importance of working towards a better America during her opening remarks.

Ted Johnson Barack Obama plans to deliver a convention speech on Wednesday that will offer biting criticism of his successor Donald Trump and characterize Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as just the people who can lead “this country out of dark times.”Obama will be one of the marquee speakers on the convention’s third night, which will finish with the convention’s acceptance speech.“I have sat in the Oval Office with both of the men who are running for president,” Obama plans to say, according to

Ted Johnson Kamala Harris will deliver the most important speech, so far, in her career, at tonight’s Democratic National Convention, as she accepts the nomination for vice president.Pundits and analysts will pay particular attention to her ability to communicate effectively to a virtual audience, which more likely than not will be the way things will be as political season enters its final stretch in the fall campaign.A lot of people in Hollywood are watching: Harris has long cultivated ties to

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the subject of an extremely misleading tweet by NBC News during the Democratic National Convention last night.

Ted Johnson Cindy McCain is lending her voice to a video to be shown at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening that highlights the friendship between her late husband, John McCain, and Joe Biden.“My husband and Vice President Biden enjoyed a 30+ year friendship dating back to before their years serving together in the Senate, so I was honored to accept the invitation from the Biden campaign to participate in a video celebrating their relationship,” McCain wrote on Twitter, as she