A veteran political journalist has heaped praise on Michelle Obama's speech today, saying she "sliced and diced' President Trump.
"Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can," Ms Obama said.
"Donald Trump is the wrong President for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head.
"He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is."
"I think it's under control," Mr Trump said of the virus.
"How? A thousand Americans are dying a day," Swan told him.
"They are dying. That's true. And it is what it is," said Mr Trump.
This was the first day of a week-long political extravaganza, with all the Democratic Party's bigwigs coming together to talk about how great they think Joe Biden is, and how awful they think President Donald Trump is. It's the biggest chance Mr Biden will get, outside of the presidential debates, to convince voters they should support him in November's election.
That is where we'll wrap up our live coverage of the Democratic National Convention's first day.
I hope you enjoyed yourself, because we still have to do this three more times, culminating in Joe Biden's formal acceptance of his party's presidential nomination on Friday, Australian time.
Tomorrow's biggest speakers are former president Bill Clinton and Mr Biden's wife, Dr Jill Biden. We're also expecting to hear briefly from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is always polarising.
Don't miss it.
Obama 'sliced and diced' Trump
The reaction to Michelle Obama's speech is coming in, and she is earning pretty rave reviews.
"It's interesting. Michelle Obama, as she said, doesn't like politics," Wallace said during Fox's analysis of the convention's first day.
"She said that this speech was her main contribution to the Biden campaign. It was a heck of a contribution.
"She really flayed, sliced and diced Donald Trump, talking about the chaos and confusion and lack of empathy, especially, coming from this President and this White House."
Wallace pointed out that Ms Obama spoke "more about the deficits of Donald Trump than the pluses of Joe Biden".
"But she did talk about, especially – not so much about policies, but especially, (Mr Biden's) empathy. What he's been through, and his care for average Americans."
He also praised the "call to action" in Ms Obama's speech. She told viewers to request their ballots for the election immediately.
"Very practical. You know, not just what your feelings should be, but you've got to get out, you've got to vote, you've got to convince your neighbours to vote," said Wallace.
"This was a very effective speech."
His Fox News colleague, former White House press secretary Dana Perino, also complimented Ms Obama's performance.
"Very difficult to try to connect with an audience without an actual audience there with you, but she has the ability to connect with people through the screen," Perino said.
"And you just got the sense that, when you talk about authenticity, she has that in spades. She has that voice, she has clarity, and she knows what she's out there trying to do.
"I think the Democratic National Committee, if they look back at the night – the first virtual convention of our history – I think they would say that Michelle Obama stuck the landing."
Trump reacts to convention speeches
President Trump has just gone on something of a Twitter spree, retweeting a number of comments from people critical of the Democratic convention's speakers.
Weirdly, Mr Trump seems particularly fixated on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose speech was so forgettable that I didn't even find time to transcribe it among the more interesting moments.
Here is a sample of the tweets Mr Trump has been sharing.
Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo on President Trump's response to the coronavirus:
He “has been responsive to New York and responsive to New York’s needs and he’s done it quickly and he’s done it efficiently.” #DemConventionpic.twitter.com/OBmchMJPmY
— Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) August 18, 2020
Now AP estimates that the real Cuomo number of people killed because of his total incompetence is 11,000, not the 6000 that was originally thought!
Hey @NYGovCuomo did Donald Trump make you keep schools open as long as you did? Did Trump make you keep the subways open w/o cleaning them? Did Trump make you say "fear is worse than the virus" 3/19? Did he tell you to force nursing homes to accept Covid patients 3/25?
This would be much less baffling if Mr Trump were running for re-election against Mr Cuomo. Which he isn't.
Michelle Obama's 'ice cold' putdown
Former first lady Michelle Obama finished off proceedings for the night, and her speech included an uncharacteristically stinging rebuke for Donald Trump.
That rebuke came as Ms Obama referenced her own famous quote from the last Democratic convention, four years ago: "When they go low, we go high."
"When they go lie, we go high. Going high is the only thing that works," Ms Obama said.
"But let's be clear. Going high does not mean putting on a smile and saying nice things when confronted by viciousness and cruelty. Going high means taking the harder path. It means scraping and clawing our way to that mountaintop.
"Going high means unlocking the shackles of lies and mistrust with the only thing that can truly set us free – the cold, hard truth. So let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can.
"Donald Trump is the wrong President for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head.
"He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is."
.@MichelleObama: “Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is.” #DNCpic.twitter.com/1St3h3pt1u
"I understand that my message won't be heard by some people," the former first lady continued.
"We live in a nation that is deeply divided. And I am a black woman speaking at the Democratic convention.
"But enough of you know me by now. You know that I tell you exactly what I'm feeling. You know I hate politics. But you also know that I care about this nation. You know how much I care about all of our children.
"So if you take one thing from my words tonight, it is this. If you think things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can and they will if we don't make a chance 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."
Brief moment of levity
I enjoyed the immediate aftermath of Bernie Sanders' speech.
The convention cut to a series of shots of people watching in their living rooms. The intention was clearly to capture them applauding.
Instead, a couple of the families sat stony-faced on their couches. I imagine this is how all the Gogglebox people look when they're watching an ad break.
'Unthinkable': Bernie addresses fans
We have moved on to the two headline speakers for today. The first of them is Senator Bernie Sanders, who came second to Joe Biden in the Democratic primaries.
Mr Sanders was criticised in some quarters four years ago for failing to do enough to help Hillary Clinton after losing to her in the primaries. Many of his supporters refused to support her, and some even voted for Donald Trump.
This time, Mr Sanders is endorsing Mr Biden in no uncertain terms.
"We have a President who is not only incapable of addressing these crises, but is leading us down the path of authoritarianism," he said.
"This election is the most important in the modern history of our country. In response to the unprecedented crises we face, we need an unprecedented response. A movement like never before, of people who are prepared to stand up and fight for democracy and decency.
"We need Joe Biden as our next president."
After that introduction, he pivoted to speak directly to the people who supported him against Mr Biden in the primaries.
"My friends, thank you for your trust, your support, and the love you showed Jane (his wife), me and my family," Mr Sanders said.
"Together, we have moved this country in a bold new direction, showing that all of us – black and white, Latino, Native American, Asian-American, gay and straight, immigrant – yearn for a nation based on the principles of justice, love and compassion.
"Our campaign ended several months ago, but our movement continues, and is getting stronger every day. Many of the ideas we fought for, that just a few years ago were considered 'radical', are now mainstream.
"But let us be clear. If Donald Trump is re-elected, all the progress we have made will be in jeopardy. At its most basic, this election is about preserving our democracy.
"During this President's term, the unthinkable has become normal. He has tried to prevent people from voting, undermined the US Postal Service, deployed the military and federal agents against peaceful protesters, threatened to delay the election, and suggested that he will not leave office if he loses. This is not normal, and we must never treat it like it is.
"Under this administration, authoritarianism has taken root in our country. I, and my family, and many of yours, know the insidious way authoritarianism destroys democracy, decency and humanity. And as long as I am here, I will work with progressives, with moderates, and yes, with conservatives, to preserve this nation from a threat that so many of our heroes fought and died to defeat.
"Joe Biden will end the hate and division Trump has created.
"My friends, I say to you, to everyone who supported other candidates in the primary, and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election – the future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake. The future of our planet is at stake. We must come together, defeat Donald Trump, and elect Joe Biden.
"The price of failure is just too great to imagine."
Kasich makes weird appearance
I've skipped over the brief speeches by governors Andrew Cuomo and Gretchen Whitmer for now, because I can only type so fast. Maybe we'll return to them later. Then again, they were dreadfully boring.
Slightly less boring was a cameo by the former governor of Ohio, John Kasich, who happens to be – gasp! – a Republican.
He popped up during a segment featuring a handful of prominent Republicans who support Joe Biden over their own party's President.
Apart from Mr Kasich, we saw former New Jersey governor Christine Todd Whitman, former Hewlett-Packard executive Meg Whitman, and former New York congresswoman Susan Molinari.
When Ms Molinari was done speaking, the convention cut to an image of Mr Kasich, who for some reason was standing outside, seemingly on the edge of some sort of paddock, at the intersection of two paths.
"America is at a crossroads," he told the camera.
Ahhh, yes. The tortured metaphor. A treasured staple of these events.
"The stakes in this election are greater than any in modern times," Mr Kasich continued, mercifully ditching the weird shot and addressing the lens head-on.
"Many of us have been deeply concerned about the current path we've been following for the last four years. It's a path that has led to division, dysfunction, irresponsibility, and growing vitriol between our citizens.
"Continuing to follow that path will have terrible consequences for America's soul, because we're being taken down the wrong road by a President who has pitted one against the other."
Paths. Roads. WE GET IT, John Kasich. One more mention of either of those things and I riot.
"He's unlike all of our best leaders before him, who worked to unite us, to bridge our differences," he continued.
Hmmm. Bridge. Close, but I'll allow it.
"I'm a lifelong Republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country. That's why I've chosen to appear at this convention," he said.
"These are not normal times. I'm proud of my Republican heritage. It's the party of Lincoln, who reflected our founding principles of unity and a higher purpose. But what I have witnessed these past four years belies those principles.
"That's why I'm asking you to join with me in choosing a better way forward."
Hmmmmmmmmm. Way forward. He's really pushing it.
"I've known Joe Biden for 30 years. I know his story of profound grief that has so deeply affected his character. I know Joe is a good man, a man of faith, a unifier. Someone who understands the hopes and dreams of the common man and the common woman.
"A man who can help us to see the humanity in each other.
"Yes, there are areas where Joe and I absolutely disagree. But that's OK. Because that's America. Because whatever our differences, we respect one another as human beings.
"No one person or party has all the answers. But what we do know is that we can do better."
This fact checker would like to note this appears to be a fork in the road — when one road becomes two — not a crossroads, when two roads intersect. https://t.co/GUwN5GIsyz
In a powerful moment, the convention heard from Kristin Urquiza, whose father Mark Anthony Urquiza died from the coronavirus in June.
Ms Urquiza's blistering obituary for her dad, in which she blamed his death on "the carelessness of politicians", went viral last month.
In her speech to the convention, she said Mark Anthony had been "betrayed" by President Donald Trump.
"I'm one of many who has lost a loved one to COVID – my dad, Mark Anthony Urquiza, should be here today, but he isn't.
"He had faith in Donald Trump. He voted for him, listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said that coronavirus was under control and going to disappear. That it was OK to end social distancing rules before it was safe. That if you had no underlying health conditions, you'd probably be fine.
"So in late May, after the stay-at-home order was lifted in Arizona, my dad went to a karaoke bar with his friends. A few weeks later, he was put on a ventilator, and after five agonising days, he died alone in the ICU, with a nurse holding his hand.
"My dad was a health 65-year-old. His only pre-existing condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that, he paid with his life.
"I am not alone. Once I told my story, a lot of people reached out to me to share theirs. They asked me to help them keep their communities safe, especially communities of colour, which have been disproportionately affected. They asked me, a normal person, to help. Because Donald Trump won't.
"The coronavirus has made it clear that there are two Americas – the America that Donald Trump lives in and the America that my father died in. Enough is enough.
"Donald Trump may not have caused the coronavirus, but his dishonesty and his irresponsible actions made it so much worse.
"We need a leader who will step in on day one and do his job. To care.
"One of the last thing my father said to me is that he felt betrayed by the likes of Donald Trump. And so when I cast my vote for Joe Biden, I will do it for my dad."
The convention's moderator, Eva Longoria, said the nation grieved for Ms Urquiza's father and "all those we have lost to this virus".
'The ground is seeded with pain'
After another interlude for an inspiring music video – I've heard more country music in the last hour than in the rest of my 29 years on this earth combined – the feed cut to South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn.
"Good evening, I'm Congressman Jim Clyburn, here in historic-" he started to say.
"Stand by," the camera operator interjected, even though Mr Clyburn was already on screen. Oops.
"Good evening, I'm Congressman Jim Clyburn, here in historic Charleston, South Carolina," he repeated a moment later.
Mr Clyburn represents an overwhelmingly African-American community, and Charleston was the site of a horrific mass shooting in 2015, perpetrated by a white supremacist.
"The ground beneath our feet is seeded with pain, both old and new," Mr Clyburn said.
"But from that soil, we always find a way to grow together.
"We are stepping out from the shadows of our past, and beginning to lay the groundwork for a more just future.
"We will need a president who sees unifying people as a requirement of the job. A president who understands the true meaning of community."
"While we were peacefully protesting, Donald Trump was plotting," Ms Bowser said.
"He stood in front of one of our most treasured houses of worship, and held a Bible for a photo op. He sent troops in camouflage into our streets, he sent tear gas into the air, and federal helicopters too.
"I said enough. I said enough for every black and brown American who has experienced injustice. Enough for every American who believes in justice.
"But I said enough for another reason too. I have a two-year-old daughter, and I want her to grow up in an America where she's not scared to walk to the store. An America where she's safe behind the doors of her own home. An America where the president doesn't fan the flames of racism, and looks out for all of us.
"So I created Black Lives Matter Plaza, right behind me, as a place where we could come together to say enough."
At this point, I was starting to wonder when Ms Bowser would announce her own shock bid for the presidency. But then she mentioned Joe Biden, and the faint, delicious whiff of potential drama evaporated.
"By coming together this November to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we will say next, because we can't just paint those words behind me. We can't just say those words. We have to live those words," she said.
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