The Black National Convention kicks off Friday night at 7 p.m. ET. The free virtual stream aims to focus on issues important to the Black community, and how to use the vote this November to create lasting change. Rukia Lumumba, co-producer of the Black National Convention and co-director of the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano on “Red & Blue” to discuss the event. Source

Lawmakers grilled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy twice last week on changes he’s made to the U.S. Postal Service. Senator Gary Peters, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is demanding more answers from the Trump appointee. He joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano on “Red & Blue” to speak about the Postal Service and his upcoming Senate election. Source

CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burn and CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Nicole Sganga join CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with more on what we can expect from President Trump’s acceptance speech. Source

In her first solo speech as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Senator Kamala Harris vowed to stand with the protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as many in the country reel from the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was unarmed, in Wisconsin on Sunday. Watch her remarks here. Source

A group of anti-Trump Republicans and Independents have organized a counter-convention to the RNC. The organizers of the Convention on Founding Principles based the event around basic American ideals that the Republican Party has abandoned under President Trump. Mindy Finn, convention co-organizer and executive director of Stand Up Republic, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

President Trump is expected to call for law and order in his speech at the Republican National Convention where he will also accept the party’s renomination for president. Weijia Jiang reports. Source

Final night of the Republican National Convention; Tropical storm Laura strikes in the Gulf Coast Source

Hurricane Laura tore through Louisiana on Thursday. Mayor Adrian Perkins of Shreveport, Louisiana, joined CBSN with more on the damage Laura left behind and where recovery efforts stand. Source

She also ripped into the president for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Source

“I’m not willing to accept a second time that Berlin is being abused as a stage for corona deniers, citizens of the Reich and right-wing extremists,” Berlin’s interior senator said. Source