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Clinton, Carter Open Dem Convention on High Note

NPR's Mike Pesca reports from the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, where former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter spoke on the convention's opening night Monday. Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of presumed Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy are both scheduled to speak Tuesday night.

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Mike Pesca first reached the airwaves as a 10-year-old caller to a New York Jets-themed radio show and has since been able to parlay his interests in sports coverage as a National Desk correspondent for NPR based in New York City.
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