How late is the DNC and how can you view it

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez had predicted that Milwaukee would be the place this summer.

“Do not forget, people, 490 days and this place will bounce,” Perez said last year at a news conference announcing that the city would host the 2020 festival convention.

Things have certainly changed.

Instead of welcoming more than 50,000 party members – including politicians, delegates, activists and protesters – Democrats in Milwaukee will watch the convention on their TVs, computers and phones just like everyone else.

In April, Democrats shrugged off the convention from mid-July to mid-August. Two months later, the event was moved to a smaller location and delegates were asked not to attend. This month, organizers announced that none of the speakers – including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden – would travel to Wisconsin.

The list of speakers has been dramatically reduced compared to previous events to fit in a shortened schedule of two hours per night. Party leaders will address live Americans and on video from sites across the country. And there will be no festive balloon drop, as Biden formally accepts the nomination – the former vice president and his running mate, California sen. Kamala Harris, will speak from his hometown of Wilmington, Del.

“This is going to be very different from any other convention,” Perez told the New York Times. “You will see fewer stages, but you will see more people in living rooms. You will see them on factory floors and in schools and communities. ”

Here’s how to view (or stream) this week’s convention:

When is the convention?

The Democratic National Convention will be held from Monday, August 17, through Thursday, August 20. It will take two hours each night, from 18 to 20 hours of quiet time.

Each night has a theme: Monday is “We the People,” Tuesday is “Leadership Matters,” Wednesday is “A More Perfect Union,” and Thursday is “America’s Promise.”

How do people vote?

There are more than a dozen ways to view the entire DNC scheme, including breakout panels, on TV, via smart devices or online.

The official livestream of the convention will be available at DemConvention.com. The convention will also stream online on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, Amazon Prime Video and Microsoft Bing and on smart devices such as Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku TV.

For TV viewers, it will be available on AT&T U-verse, DirecTV and Comcast Xfinity.

And The Times will have a livestream on its homepage at latimes.com.

Will the networks handle the convention?

Oh, they will indeed. The major news networks all have special convention coverage plans that can be shown on air, online, and via various social media and devices such as Roku and AppleTV. Here’s what the stations have planned:

• ABC News will air an hour-long 7 to 20-hour convention (all times Pacific); digital coverage streams on ABC News Live, starting at 4 p.m.
• CBS News will begin covering the event on its streaming platform starting at 2pm The network’s TV coverage will air from 7am to 8pm
• CNN will air news coverage from 5 to 11 p.m.
• Fox News will air one hour of the convention, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• MSNBC will broadcast it from 4pm to 11pm
• NBC News will cover one hour of the event, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Who speaks when?

With the convention cut to just two hours a night, there will be fewer speakers. And instead of live speeches, the convention will rely more heavily on videos to prevent technical glitches, including for the most popular figures. Former First Lady Michelle Obama recorded her speech at the family’s vacation home in Martha’s Vineyard, according to the New York Times.

Vermont sen. Bernie Sanders, who was Biden’s last rival for the nomination, will be seen the first night. Former President Bill Clinton will speak on Tuesday. Harris’ speech is set for Wednesday, as is Senator Elizabeth Warren’s. She is among several of the woman considered in the search for Biden of Biden who are scheduled to give convention talks. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also speak on the third night, as will gun control lawyer Gabrielle Giffords, a former Arizona congresswoman who was critically injured in a mass shooting nearly a decade ago.

The speaker list has already sparked some controversy over who was and was not included. Some Democrats have argued that the scheme favors moderate Democrats and Republicans over progressives and Latinos. Organizers provided talking slots to former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican. En former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tweeted that he is ‘honored’ to speak at the convention even though he is not on the official schedule.

Former Secretary of State Julián Castro was not included – although other former Democratic presidential candidates were. And progressive rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is apparently only allowed one minute.

In addition to his political stars, the convention will feature performances by musicians including Billie Eilish, the Chicks and John Legend.

The official list is subject to change, but here’s who is planning to tackle the convention so far:

Monday, August 17: Michelle Obama; Sanders; Sens Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Doug Jones of Alabama and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; Govs. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan; Reps. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and Gwen Moore of Wisconsin; and Kasich.

Tuesday, August 18: Former acting US Atty. Gen. Sally Yates, Leader of the Minority of the Senate Charles E. Schumer of New York, former Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Ocasio-Cortez, rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, former President Clinton and Biden’s wife, Jill Biden.

Wednesday 19 August: Harris, former President Obama, House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Warren, Giffords, Gov. of Wisconsin, Tony Evers and Gov. of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Thursday 20 August: Biden and his family; Govin Newsom of California; former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Chris Coons of Delaware; and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.