FRANK SESNO, CNN ANCHOR: As you can see behind us, the convention hall is still somewhat empty, but it will be filling up fairly shortly as the Democratic Party gets ready to welcome its main attraction here in Los Angeles, Al Gore himself, scheduled to arrive in Southern California in just a few hours. Tonight is Lieberman night at the convention. CNN's Frank Buckley is in Burbank, though, where the vice president's plane lands this afternoon -- Frank.</s>FRANK BUCKLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Frank. It's a warm day here in the San Fernando Valley and Vice President Gore will be arriving here in about three hours, on his way from Detroit, where he boarded Air Force Two about an hour ago. Boarding Air Force Two with Tipper Gore and then taking off from Detroit on his way to Burbank to Southern California. It's about a four-hour plane ride. So they should arrive here just after noon local time. After that they will have a welcome rally here at the airport. Then they will move on to a party with members of the Connecticut and Tennessee delegations, the home delegations of Vice President Gore, and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman. Tonight, Senator Joe Lieberman will be the featured speaker at Staples Center. His intention, to introduce Al Gore to the American people, as he put it: the Al Gore that a lot of Americans still don't know -- Frank.</s>SESNO: Frank Buckley, waiting for the vice president to arrive.
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