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

“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

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

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

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

Democrats kicking off virtual convention as Biden leads Trump in latest polls; Aesha Ash makes history at NYC’s School of American Ballet 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

As Democrats begin the first night of their virtual 2020 convention, “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell previews what former Vice President Joe Biden is looking to accomplish. O’Donnell spoke to “60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson and CBS News political contributors María Elena Salinas and Jamal Simmons about what the presumptive nominee needs to do to help his chances in November. Source

As the coronavirus death toll climbs in the U.S., the University of North Carolina is telling their undergraduates to return home after about 130 students tested positive for the virus. Mireya Villarreal has the latest. Source