Joe Biden accepts Democratic nomination and vows to "restore the soul of America'

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Joe Biden officially accepted the Democratic presidential nomination during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, delivering a speech where he vowed to unify the country if elected.

CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe; CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns; CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Lynda Tran; and CBS News political analyst Leslie Sanchez join Elaine Quijano to discuss.


Elaine Quijano is a Filipina American. She grew up in the Skokie and Morton Grove suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1995 from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

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