OUR TOP STORY, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ENTERS ITS FINAL DAY AND ALL EYES AND EARS ARE ON PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON. MARGIE CATALANO IS A CALIFORNIA DELEGATE WHO SUPPORTS BERNIE SANDERS SHE'S WAITING TO HEAR TONIGHT'S SPEECH BEFORE SHE THROWS HER SUPPORT BEHIND CLINTON. AT THIS POINT WE'RE STILL TALKING THAT ARE ISSUES, NO FRANKING, TAKE CARE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE, NEVER SUPERDELEGATES. THOSE ARE THE MAIN ISSUES FOR US. IF SHE ADDRESSES THOSE ISSUES AND COMMITS ON THOSE, IT'S UP TO HER. AT THIS POINT IS NOT UP TO US. FOR US, WERE NOT TAKING LESS THAN THAT. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE ISSUES AND IF SHE CAN'T DELIVER, SHE'S NOT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE. I SPOKE WITH KARL LUNA, AND A NONPARTISAN POLITICAL ANALYSTS., WELCOME TO THE SHOW. GOOD TO BE HERE. LAST NIGHT, IT WAS A NIGHT OF POWERFUL SPEECHES. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL TIM KAINE. TO THINK HE DID WHAT HE NEEDED IN THE SPEECH? I THINK IT COVERS WHAT A VICE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO. HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAJOR GAFFES HE WAS VERY ENGAGING AND HE DIDN'T UPSTAGE HILLARY OR THE OTHER SPEAKERS. HE PLAYED HIS PLACE CORRECTLY AS A VICE PRESIDENTIAL SPEAKER MUCH LIKE YOU SAW ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. WHAT CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION? THERE WERE NO DOUBT POWERFUL SPEECHES. JOE BIDEN'S SPEECH, AND BARACK OBAMA IS ALMOST SWANSONG SPEECH PASSING THE TORCH TO HILLARY, THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO ESTABLISH OR OUTSIDE THE CARICATURE PAINTED LAST WEEK. HOW WILL THAT RESONATE WITH PEOPLE? AFTER 40 YEARS OF KNOWING HILLARY CLINTON, WHICH HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT HER WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT BECOMES THE BIG QUESTION FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS FILLED WITH GREAT PRAISE FOR HILLARY CLINTON. IT TOOK JABS AT DONALD TRUMP AS WELL. THE DONALD IS NOT A PLAN'S GUIDE. HE'S NOT REALLY A FAX GUY EITHER. HE CALLS HIMSELF A BUSINESS GUIDE WHICH IS TRUE. BUT I HAVE TO SAY I KNOW PLENTY OF BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE SUCCESS WITHOUT LEAVING A TRAIL OF LAWSUITS AND UNPAID WORKERS AND PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY GOT CHEATED. IS THAT AN ATTACK ON THE OTHER PARTY'S NOMINEE UNUSUAL FOR AN OUTGOING INCUMBENT AT THE SPEECH? THE LEVEL MAY BE THE HIGHER YOU SEEM BUT ONLY BECAUSE REPUBLICANS DIDN'T HAVE AN OUTGOING PRESIDENT BUSH LEFT OUT OF -- ON A MILK BOTTLE. YOU TEND TO SEE THEM GET AGGRESSIVE SPEECHES. WE'LL TRY TO PUNCTURE DONALD TRUMP'S IMAGE AS YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS MAN IF THEY CAN SHOW HE WASN'T THAT SUCCESSFUL. WHAT THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE DNC SO FAR AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. IT HAS BEEN INTERESTING THE DNC CONVENTION FROM A SHOW POINTS SYSTEM BE BETTER PREPARED. THEY WILL HAVE KATY PERRY TONIGHT PERFORMING, THEY'VE HAD NO END OF HIGH-PROFILE PERFORMERS. SLICK VIDEOS, EVERY DEMOCRAT WITH A PULSE IN OFFICE WENT TO SPEAK REPUBLICANS ARE VERY DESPERATE TO BRING PEOPLE ON STAGE. SCOTT BAIL FOR HEAVEN SAKES. DONALD TRUMP DIDN'T SEEM TO PUT ON NEARLY AS GOOD A SHOW AND THE RATINGS SEEM TO REFLECT THAT THE FIRST THREE DAYS THE DNC, DONALD TRUMP IS TWEETING TO HIS SUPPORTERS, DON'T WATCH, DON'T WATCH. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO HILLARY'S ALLIES. THEY CAN COME ACROSS AS DESPERATE TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM BOOSTING RATINGS AND IS ALL ABOUT THE RATINGS AND SHE HAS GOTTEN BETTER ONES. DOES ANY MATTER TO VOTERS. MANY POLLS SAY EVEN AFTER THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH WAS NOT RECEIVED VERY WELL BY MANY CRITICS, MANY POLLS SAY DONALD TRUMP GOT A BUMP FROM THE CONVENTION. HE GOT A HUGE BUMP. ONE OF THE LARGER ONES WE'VE SEEN THE LAST 16 TO 20 YEARS. JUST HAVE TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL DISCONTENT IN AMERICA AND IN ANGER WHICH IS BOOSTING IN THE POLLS. IF HILLARY CLINTON DOESN'T SHOW A GOOD BUMP TO BEAT TRUMP BY NEXT WEEK, IT MAY LOOK LIKE HIS MESSAGE OF FEAR WILL TRUMP HER MESSAGE OF OPTIMISM COMING FORWARD. THERE'S A LOT OF MALIGN TO MAKE HER SPEECH, CAN SHE WIN OVER MODERATES AND INDEPENDENTS. CAN SHE COUNTER A NEGATIVE NARRATIVE ABOUT SOUNDING LIKE A POLLYANNA THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD IN AMERICA WHEN 70% OF AMERICANS DON'T THINK WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE IS TO SAY IN HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH TONIGHT? SHE'S ESTABLISH YOURSELF AS A HUMAN BEING AND SHE'S BEEN PAINTED BY THE OTHER SPEAKERS. SHE'S TO UNDERSCORE THAT CAN BE TOUGH. SHE HAS A SHOW SHE HAS A GOOD RESUME THAT SHE CAN KEEP AMERICA SAFE. SHE HAS TO TAKE DONALD TRUMP ON TO THE EXTENT HIS FOREIGN POLICY IS DANGEROUS, HIS CREDENTIALS ARE LACKING. AFTER THAT, CAN SHE NOT REBRAND YOURSELF, YOU CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS POINT, CAN SHE REPACKAGE YOURSELF ENOUGH FOR AMERICANS TO SAY SHE'S A BETTER CHOICE THAN DONALD TRUMP IN DANGEROUS TIME. IF THIS -- FIERCELY POLARIZED AMERICAN ELECTORATE 40% OF EITHER PARTY WOULD VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE IF THEY HAD A PITCHFORK AND HORNS, HOW TO PLAY THE OTHER 20% TO TRY TO COME OVER AND SWING IT. SO BE A CLOSE ELECTION OR SHE WENT IN A BLOWOUT IF THEY DECIDE DONALD TRUMP IS THE EMPEROR WAS NOW CLOSE. -SPEAKING WITH KARL LUNA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UPDATE: 3 p.m., July 28, 2016
Protests by supporters of Bernie Sanders have died down somewhat over the course of the Democratic National Convention.
State government reporter Ben Bradford spoke to California Democratic Party Secretary and Sanders supporter, Daraka Larimore-Hall, about the protests, reasons and conspiracy theories.
Hall says it's been a difficult convention.
"I think the party is going through a transformation, sort of growing pains," says Larimore-Hall. "That's why the first couple of days there was this almost like Pavlovian response, where every time her name was mentioned there would be boos.
UPDATE: 12:15 p.m., July 28, 2016
The Democratic National Convention is focused around promoting the party's presidential candidate in the November election, but some California attendees could have their eyes on a 2018 race.
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, state Treasurer John Chiang, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and billionaire tech investor Tom Steyer are among announced or potential candidates for California governor.
Political consultant and Hillary Clinton delegate Karen Skelton says the convention offers a great opportunity for them to build support.
"In politics sometimes you talk about going fishing in the barrel and dropping your bait where the fish are, and this is what that opportunity gives these candidates," Skelton says.
Skelton says delegates who see the prospective candidates speak at state events could ultimately work for their campaigns.
And, if they speak on the convention floor, it could help attract national campaign donations.
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After his speech Wednesday ripping into Donald Trump, California Governor Jerry Brown has spoken at two Democratic National Conventions a quarter century apart, where the candidate's name was Clinton. But this year, the context is quite different.
A couple things remained familiar all these years later. When Jerry Brown came to the stage in 1992 at the nomination of Bill Clinton and in 2016 for Hillary Clinton, the crowd used the same chant: "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry ..."
And in both speeches, he primarily attacked the Republican nominee — last night on climate change.
"Trump says global warming is a hoax," Brown told the crowd. "I say Trump is a fraud."
But in 1992, Brown had lost a bitter primary campaign to Clinton, refused to endorse him and never mentioned him in his speech.
"I intend to fight for this party, its ideals, tonight, tomorrow, this year, and every year, until together we overcome," he said at the 1992 convention.
The governor endorsed Hillary Clinton before the California primary—days after a 90-minute meeting with Bill Clinton. This time, he was effusive for the nominee.
"Hillary does stuff, she fights for us on the big issues," he said.
As Brown touted his state's and Hillary Clinton's record fighting climate change, California delegates for Bernie Sanders began a chant protesting fracking, which Brown and Clinton support.
That's another change from 1992. Then, Brown was the progressive Democratic candidate who had lost the nomination. In fact, back then his campaign manager Jodie Evans introduced him with words that could have come from the 2016 campaign of Bernie Sanders.
"He is leading a revolution for the change this country needs," Evans said. "To break the stranglehold of the corporate interests, by starting a campaign that only accepted $100 and no PAC money."
The words and dynamics are similar, even as Brown's role within the party has shifted.
