The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday with Americans discussing the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on them, while Democrats — and some Republicans — pushed for a message of unity. Michelle Obama delivered a powerful keynote speech with an emotional plea to vote for Joe Biden. CBS News political correspondent Ed O’Keefe; CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Lynda Tran; and CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns join Elaine Quijano to discuss the night’s speeches. Source

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Michelle Obama closed out the first night of the Democratic National Convention with a passionate plea to vote for Joe Biden. “If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can; and they will if we don’t make a change in this election. If we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it,” Obama said. Watch her speech. Source

The former first lady urged voters who stayed home in 2016 to turn out for Joe Biden in a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Source

“If we have any hope of ending this chaos, we have got to vote for Joe Biden like our lives depend on it,” the former first lady said. Source

Senator Bernie Sanders, the last Democrat to drop out of the primary race, urged his supporters to vote against President Trump. “Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed,” Sanders said. Watch his speech. Source

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Former Ohio Governor John Kasich, a Republican, speaking at an actual fork in a road, said the nation is at a “crossroads.” “I’m proud of my Republican heritage … but what I have witnessed these past four years belies these principles,” Kasich said. Source

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state was an early epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, compared the effects of American political divisiveness to the spread of the virus during his remarks at the DNC. Watch his speech. Source

President Trump hit the campaign trail as Democrats prepared to kick off the weeklong virtual Democratic National Convention. CBS News campaign reporters Nicole Sganga and Bo Erickson joined CBSN with the latest on the Trump and Biden campaigns. Source