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Aug. 17, 2020 01:04PM EST
 Dan Ackermann

🗓 What's happening: Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders headline tonight's convention programming.

  • 📸 The big picture: The pandemic is forcing both parties blow up the crusty, old formula for political conventions. Go deeper.
  • 💭 Our thought bubble: How TV networks it, and how the millions of American voters watching it will react, is still up in the air. Go deeper.

👉 Go deeper: Axios full 2020 convention coverage

More speeches tonight:

  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.)
  • Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.)
  • Gov. Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.)
  • Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (Mich.)
  • Rep. Jim Clyburn (S.C.)
  • Convention chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.)
  • Rep. Gwen Moore (Wis.)
  • Sen. Doug Jones (Ala.)

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