For greater funding for medical research. Or Clint Eastwood, who spoke to an empty chair at the 2012 republican convention. Over the next hour, we will watch some of those, starting with actress angie harmon and nfl player jason c horn speaking to republican delegates in 2004. Professionalcome Football PlayerJason Seahorn and accomplished actress angie harmon. [applause] good evening. Tonight we are proud to recognize two men who embody the american spirit of bravery and sacrifice. Their heroic speech earned them our nations highest military award, the medal of honor. Some say that playing football takes courage, but it is just a game. Nothing compares to the valor of these men. These are americas heroes. They know the price of liberty and they support president george w. Bush. [laughter] [applause] to her inst sailor the medal of honor was John Williams of the uss pawnee during the civil war. Fell, thehips flags wounded captain kept the flag aloft and rallied his men. The medal of honor represents the highest aspirations of our country, a duty that represent sacrifice, honor drawn from character and a country where the flag is lifted high and Freedom Still reigns. Tonight [applause] honor the bravest of the brave. 31, 1951, on a korea,ar a place in where armory Corporal Rudy hernandez and his platoon took defensive positions after gunfire and heavy artillery numerous casualties. A lacking ammunition, his comrades were treated, but corporal hernandez, wounded, stayed behind to slow the enemy. When a ruptured cartridge prevented him from firing, he rushed forward anyway, armed with a rifle and a bayonet. One man against many. Before falling unconscious from his wounds. His heroic and selfless actions saved the lives and allowed his unit to retake their ground. Ladies and gentlemen, Corporal Rudy hernandez of north carolina. [applause] in december, 1950, and north korea, navy pilot tom hunter came to the rescue of a downed pilot trapped in burning records behind enemy lines. Great risk, he successfully attempted a landing on the mountainous terrain. Enemy fire surrounded him and he knew there was little chance of escape or survival in subzero temperatures. However, lieutenant hunter stayed, packing stones in the burning planes fuselage. He battled time, cold, and flames in an attempt to rescue the downed pilot. Ladies and gentlemen, lieutenant tom hunter of massachusetts, who celebrates his 80th birthday tomorrow. [applause] we thank you both so much for your service to america and to the cause of peace and freedom in the world. We join you in supporting a leader of courage, president building a safer world, and a more hopeful america. President george w. Bush. More celebrities spoke at the 2004 republican convention. Elizabeth hassell beck, kos host cohost of the view talked about her mothers battle against cancer, and actor ron silver remembered the victims of the 9 11 terrorist attack. [applause] thank you. It is an honor to be here with you tonight. It is a good crowd out there. I can see it already. [laughter] distant land, heroic men and women are risking their lives fighting for our freedoms, our families, and our future, and i thank them and their loved ones for their service and dedication to this country. [applause] on american soil, heroic women are fighting a different battle, a silent campaign for their freedoms, their families, and their future. It is the fight against Breast Cancer. [applause] ago, my mother was diagnosed with bilateral carcinoma, a serious form of Breast Cancer that moved through her lymph system. I watched her suffer through massive surgery and four rapid fire, high intensity chemotherapy treatments designed to bring her body to the brink of death. My mother, and independent woman an independent woman, a tower of strength, was brought to her knees, and i was brought to mind. I will never forget how strongly she held her head so that it did not have one strand of hair on it and how she stared down this enemy of cancer through her last. Never letting it get the best of her. Mother, yes, she did. My mother, her sister, both of foughtdmothers all in found victory and found victory in the battle against ght in found victory fought and found victory in the battle against Breast Cancer. [applause] i wish nobody would get this disease, but the reality is that one in every eight women will develop Breast Cancer. Alone, makingear it the secondleading cause of death among women. Alone will not make this disease go away. Wishes need action. Someone at, we have the highest level fighting for a cure, a leader of action who sees Breast Cancer not only as a womans issue, but as a family issue, a human issue. Nations issue. President george w. Bush. [applause] america iseadership, focusing more resources on prevention, Early Detection, and aggressive research into new treatments and therapies. President is proposing nearly 750 Million Dollars to assist researchers and we are conducting the largest tests of Early Detection technologies in american history. [applause] cancer does not discriminate. No kind spirit, no beautiful it spares no kind spirit, face, compassionate heart. Age,es not care about your race, or if you can afford your medical bills or not. We certainly could not. That is why president bush is increasing funding by over 20 to provide Screening Services for disadvantaged women. [applause] who will have access to lifesaving technologies for the very first time. Daughters,others and wives and sisters. Kathy goldberg, kathleen sa larky, and my mother elizabeth lpadre, just a few of the foot soldiers in this combat. Breast cancer has knocked on the door or will break down the door of the women sitting beside you tonight, quite possibly. Awareness, are research, and funding. Pink medals of honor are ribbons. Our leader is president george w. Bush. [applause] yeah. Everyone, everyone here can do something. Everyone home can do something, perform self breast examinations, get clinical tests and annual mammograms, donate your research, run in a race for the cure, join a three day walk or sponsor someone who does. Most importantly, help me reelect a leader in the fight against Breast Cancer who does not simply wish this disease away. He wills it away through action. President george w. Bush. [applause] thank you, god bless, and good night. [applause] here we are. Thank you. Thank you. Thank theke to president and the Republican Party for holding this event in my hometown. [applause] my fathers hometown, my grandfathers birthplace, and my greatgrandfathers hometown. [applause] just over 1000 days ago, 2605 of my neighbors were murdered at the world trade center. Children, asnd they begin their day on a brilliantly clear new york autumn morning less than four miles from where i am now standing. We will never forget. We will never forgive. We will never excuse. [applause] at the end of world war ii, douglas macarthur, general douglas macarthur, the supreme allied commander of the south pacific, said it is my earnest hope, indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion, a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance, injustice. The hopi expressed then remains relevant the hope he expressed then remains relevant today. [applause] we are again engaged in a war that will decide the future of humankind. Responding to attacks on our soil, america has led a coalition of countries against extremists who want to destroy us, our children, our way of life, and our values. [applause] this is a war we did not seek. This is a war waged against us. This is a war in which we had to respond. [applause] history shows that we are not imperialists, but we are fighters were freedom and mock fighters for freedom and democracy. I am aough wellrecognized liberal on many issues confronting our society today, i find it ironic that many human rights advocates and outspoken members of my own Entertainment Community are often on the front lines to protest repression, for which i applaud them, but they are usually the first ones to oppose any use of force to take care of these horrors that they catalog repeatedly. [applause] under the unwavering ,eadership of president bush the cause of freedom and democracy is being advanced by the courageous men and women serving in our armed services. [applause] but the president is doing exactly the right thing. [applause] and that is why we need this president this time. [applause] dr. Kuznick [chanting four more years dr. Frank i am grateful to express support to our commanderinchief and the vital cause they have undertaken. General Dwight Eisenhowers statement of 60 years ago is true today. Determination, and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight. , with gods help, go forward to our greatest victory. Thank you very much. The 1990 six democratic convention, Christopher Reeve called for more funding for medical research. The air before, he was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during an equestrian competition. Speaking on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries and for stem cell research, and who later started the Christopher Reeve foundation, dedicated to supporting research for cures for paralysis. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you very, very much. Well, i just have to start with a challenge to the president. I have seen your train go by, and i think i can beat it. [applause] i will even give you a head start. [laughter] years, we have heard a lot about something called family values. Like many of you, i have struggled to figure out what that means. I found a definition. That seems to make sense. Think it means that we are all family. [applause] and that we all have value. [applause] now, if that is true, a neighbor injury,pinal cord this idea ofh aids family family, we have to do something about it. Nation cannotour tolerate discrimination of any kind. [applause] americanss why the with disabilities act is so important. [applause] it must be honored everywhere. Rights law that is both indown barriers, architecture and in attitude. [applause] its purpose is to give the disabled access, not only to buildings, but to every opportunity in society. [applause] i strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the caregivers, who are helping people with disabilities live better lives. [applause] of course, we have to balance the budget. And we will. We have to be extremely careful , butevery dollar we spend we also have to take care of our families. [applause] and not programs and not slash programs that people need. [applause] we should be enabling and healing and caring. Curing. [applause] one of the smartest things we can do about disability is to that willresearch. Rotect us from diseases [applause] this country already has a long history of doing it. Put our minds to a problem, we find solutions. More. R scientists can do we have to give them the chance. And that means more funding for research. [applause] right now, for example, about 250,000 americans have a spinal cord injury. And our government spends about 8. 7 million a year just maintaining these members of our families but we only spend 40 million a year on research that would actually improve the quality of their lives. ,et them off public assistance or even cure them. We have to be smarter, we have to be better. [applause] the money we invest in Research Today is going to determine the quality of life of the members of our family tomorrow. During rehabilitation, i met a young man named gregory patterson. He was in a game it went through a car window right into his neck. He was in a gang shooting. It went away car window, right into his neck. Five years ago, he might have died. Today, because of research, he is alive. [applause] is not an being alive option. And an economic responsibility to ease his and to prevent others from experiencing such pain. [applause] and to do that, we dont need to raise taxes. We just need to raise our expectations. Now, america has a tradition that many nations probably envy. We frequently achieve the impossible. [applause] thats part of our national character. Thats what got us from one coast to another. Thats what got us thats what got us the largest economy in the world. Thats what got us to the moon. Now, on the wall of my room, when i was at rehab, there was a picture of the Space Shuttle blasting off, and it was autographed by every astronaut now at nasa, and on the top of that picture, it says, we found nothing is impossible. [applause] now that, that should be our motto. [applause] its not a democratic motto, not a republican motto, its an american motto. [applause] its not something one party can do alone. Its something we, as a nation, have to do together. [applause] so many of our dreams so many dreams, at first, seem impossible. And then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. [applause] so if we can conquer outer space, we should be able to conquer inner space, too. [applause] and thats the frontier of the brain, the Central Nervous system, and all the afflictions of the body that destroy so many lives and rob our country of so much potential. Research can provide hope for people who suffer from alzheimers. Weve already discovered the gene that causes it. Research can provide hope for people like muhammad ali and the reverend, billy graham, who suffer from parkinsons. Research can provide hope for the millions of americans like kirk douglas, who suffer from stroke. We can ease the pain of people like barbara jordan, who battled multiple sclerosis. We can find treatments for people like elizabeth glaser, whom we lost to aids. And now that we know that nerves in the spinal cord can regenerate, we are on the way to getting millions of people around the world, millions of people around the world like me, up and out of these wheelchairs. [applause] now, 56 years ago, f. D. R. Dedicated New Buildings for the National Institutes of health. He said that, quote, the defense this nation seeks involves a great deal more than building airplanes, ships, guns, and bombs. We cannot be a strong nation unless we are a healthy nation. [applause] he could have said that today. President roosevelt showed us that a man who could barely lift himself out of a wheelchair could still lift this nation out of despair. [applause] and i believe, and so does this administration, in the most important principle [applause] the most important principle that f. D. R. Taught us, america does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves. [applause] [cheering and applause] America America is stronger when all of us take care of all of us. Giving new life to that ideal is the challenge before us tonight. Thank you very much. [cheering and applause] [applause] in 2012, inspired by a line in a deal diamond neil Clint Eastwood referenced an empty chair in his speech, and aimed towards president obama. [cheering and applause] Clint Eastwood thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Save a little for mitt. [laughter] i know what youre thinking. Youre thinking, whats a movie youre thinking, whats a movie tradesman doing out here . You know they are all leftwingers out there, left of lenin. At least thats what people think. But thats not really the case. Theres a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, republicans, democrats, in hollywood. Its just that the conservative people, by the nature of the word itself, play it a little more close to the vest. They dont go around hotdogging it. So, uh [applause] but theyre there, believe me, theyre there. And i just think, in fact, some of them around town, i saw jon voigt, a lot of people around here in town. [cheering and applause] jons here, an Academy Award winner. A terrific guy. These people are all likeminded, like all of us. So ive got mr. Obama sitting here. [laughter] and hes i just was going to ask him a couple of questions. [laughter] but, you know, about i remember threeandahalf years ago, when mr. Obama won the election. And though i wasnt a big supporter, i was watching that night, when he was having that thing and they were talking about hope and change and they were talking about, yes we can, and it was dark outdoors, and it was nice, and people were lighting candles. And they were saying, you know, i just thought, this is great. Everybodys crying. Oprah was crying. [laughter] crying. En i havent cried that hard since i found out that theres 23 million Unemployed People in this country. [applause] now that is something to cry for, because that is a disgrace, a national disgrace, and we havent done enough, obviously this administration hasnt done enough to cure that. Whatever interest they have is not strong enough, and i think possibly now, it may be time for somebody else to come along and solve the problem. [cheering and applause] so, mr. President , how do you, how do you handle promises that youve made when you were running for election and how do you handle it . I mean, what do you say to people . I know people were wondering. You dont . You dont handle it. Well, i know even some of the people in your own party were very disappointed when you didnt close gitmo. And i thought, well, closing gitmo, why close that . We spent so much money on it. But, i thought maybe as an excuse. Oh, what do you mean shut up . [laughter] ok. I thought it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying terrorists in downtown new york city. Maybe that was it. [laughter] [applause] ive got to ive got to hand it to you. Ive got to give credit where credit is due. You did finally overrule that finally. And thats so, now were moving onward. I know you were against the war in iraq, and thats ok. But you thought the war in afghanistan was ok. You know, i mean, you thought that was something worth doing. We didnt check with the russians to see how they did there for 10 years. [laughter] [cheering and applause] but we did it, and it was, its something to be thought about and i think that when we get to i think youve mentioned something about having a target date for bringing everybody home, and you give that target date, and i think mr. Romney asked the only sensible question. He says, why are you giving the date out now . Why dont you just bring them home tomorrow morning . And i thought, i thought, yeah, theres im not going to shut up. Its my turn. [laughter] so anyway, were going to have, were going to have to have a little chat about that. And then, i just wondered, all these promises, and then i wondered about, you know, when the what . What do you want me to tell romney . I cant tell him to do that. He cant do that to himself. [laughter] youre crazy. Youre absolutely crazy. Youre getting as bad as biden. [laughter] [applause] of course, we all know biden is the intellect of the democratic party. Just kind of a grin with a body behind it. [laughter] you know. But i just think that theres much to be done and i think that mr. Romney and mr. Ryan are two guys that can come along. See, i never thought it was a good idea for attorneys to be president anyway, because [laughter] [applause] yeah. I think attorneys are so busy. You know, theyre always taught to argue everything, and always weigh everything and weigh both sides, and theyre always, you know, theyre always devils advocating this and bifurcating this and bifurcating that. You know, all that stuff. But, i think it is maybe time. What do you think for maybe a businessman . How about that . A stellar businessman. Quote, unquote, a stellar businessman. And i think its that time. And i think if you just kind of stepped aside, and mr. Romney can kind of take over. You could still use the plane. [laughter] though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler when youre going around to colleges and talking about Student Loans and stuff like that. Youre an ecological man. [laughter] why would you want to drive that truck around . [laughter] ok, well, anyway. All right, im sorry. I cant do that to myself, either. Anyway. [applause] but id just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that i think is very important. It is that, you, we, we own this country. [cheering and applause] thank you. Thank you. Yes, we own it. And its not you owning it and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. [cheering and applause] and, so, theyre just going to come around and beg for votes every few years. Its the same old deal. But i just think that its important that you realize and that youre the best in the world. And whether youre democrat or whether youre a republican or whether youre libertarian or whatever, youre the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let em go. Let em go. [cheering and applause] ok, just remember that. And im speaking out for everybody out there. It doesnt hurt, we dont have to be i do not say that word anymore. Well, maybe one last time. [laughter] we dont have to be what im saying is, we dont have to be metal masochists and vote for somebody that we dont really even want in office just because they seem to be nice guys or maybe not so nice guys, if you look at some of the recent ads going out there. I dont know. [applause] but ok. You want to make my day, huh . All right. Ahead. Ill start it, you finish it. Go ahead. Thank you. Thank you very much. Announcer 12 years earlier in 2000, Tommy Lee Jones gave a personal speech nominating Vice President al gore to be the democratic partys president ial nominee. The two were college roommates. [applause] Tommy Lee Jones al gore has been one of my closest friends since the first day we met the first day of college 35 years ago. There are plenty of people at this convention who can and wills big to be and wills big debate policy questions. There are plenty of people at this convention who can and will speak to the big policy questions. I have one very real issue to talk about, one i can probably address as well as anyone outside the gore family, and thats the quality of this mans character. He is a good, caring, loving man. I know 35 different people who have known al gore for 35 years. And i know all of them will tell you the same thing. I lived with him for four years. What did we do . We shot pool and watched star and watched star trek, when maybe we should have been studying for exams. Hed challenge me to shooting contests. Wed see who could hit a tin can from the farthest away. And it was usually al. My parents lived overseas when i was in college, and the gore home in carthage was always open to me. When i visited al in middle tennessee, we did the complicated things youd expect College Students to do we would catch a loose cow, going canoeing and hunting, and chasing through the woods with coon dogs in the middle of the night. One time in college, neither of us could make it home for thanksgiving, so we made a fire in the venerable old fireplace in our room, wrapped a big turkey in a couple of rolls of tin foil, and roasted it right there in our dorm. I know from tipper that its some of the most ambitious cooking al has done since then. There were serious times, too. We were all affected by the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther king, and our countrys tragic involvement in southeast asia. I remember how al struggled to hold on to his faith, at a time when it seemed like america was losing its way. I can tell you, he never did lose faith in america. Al gore never did lose faith in america. [cheering and applause] and i wasnt sure what al was going to end up doing with his life. But i always knew he had the brains and the heart to change the whole world. Then there was als love for tipper. Theyd only been dating for a short while when we started college. But i knew theyd spend the rest of their lives together. To this day, when they come to our house, they sit in each others laps, hold hands, and even smooch occasionally, like the kids they have always been. These days, when al and i get together, we still talk mostly about our families and our lives, our cares and are james, the same and our dreams, the same things we talked about as college kids, at a time that seems so long ago now, but is really as close as the last minute. And i will tell you this, i am very proud of what he has done for this country. [cheering and applause] and i will tell you that als the closest thing ive had to a brother. And for me, the big issues, therefore, are are they feeding him well . [laughter] will the stress of the job hurt him . And i can tell you with full confidence, he has sense enough to eat well, and the stress is no problem. [applause] al, i know youre watching tonight. And i want america to know what i know, youre going to be one of the best president s the country has ever had. [cheering and applause] we need a person with your commitment. We need a person with your heart. Because the office of the president represents every child on earth. And so, with affection, with admiration, with faith in the future he will lead, i nominate my friend, al gore, as the next president of the united states. [cheering and applause] announcer actress, kerry washington, was a moderator during last weeks democratic convention. In 2012, she and Scarlett Johansson talked to delegates in charlotte, north carolina, about the importance of voting. Johansson i am so grateful to be here with you tonight. Im here not just as an actress, but as a woman and africanamerican, a granddaughter of immigrants who came through ellis island, a person who could not have afforded College Without the help of Student Loans. And as one of millions of volunteers working to reelect president obama. So many people have struggled so that you and i, all of us, can have a voice in this great democracy and live up to those first three words of our , we come other people. I love that phrase. I really do. So much, because throughout our countrys history, we have expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. And that is what it means to move forward. And that is what this election is about. And it is why we cannot sit on the sidelines. Look, i get it. Whether it is school, work, family, we all have a lot of our mind. People say im just too busy to think about politics, but heres the thing. You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you. Today, there are people out there trying to take away rights that are mothers, our grandmothers, and our greatgrandmother fought for, that we fought for, our right to vote, our right to choose, our right to affordable, quality education, equal pay, access to health care, and we, the people, cannot let that happen. [cheering and applause] we want you to know that tonight, even as this convention is coming to a close, a movement is building around our country. The other side wants to take our voices away and render us invisible. Invisible. Not [cheering and applause] from a home in iowa, to a yogurt friends andrado, neighbors have gathered for 5000 watch parties. They are committed to this campaign. All of us, together, we will reelect president obama. [cheering and applause] none of us can be silent. We need all of us in this network. And we will win this election, because we are the people. [cheering and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, actress and advocate, Scarlett Johansson. Thank you. Hansson thank you. It is an honor to be here tonight. I speak to you not as a representative of young hollywood, but as a representative of the many millions of young americans, particularly young women, who depend on public and nonprofit programs to help them survive. [cheering and applause] i grew up in new york city with four siblings. [cheering] my father barely made enough to get by. We moved every year, and we finally settled in a Housing Development for lower middle income families. We went to Public Schools and depended on programs for School Transport and lunches, as did most of my friends. My girlfriends from high school to this day still depend on planned parenthood and often medicaid for Important Health care services. [cheering and applause] in 2008, less than half of all eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 voted. Less than half. Young america, why are we only speaking with half our voice when so many issues at stake here directly affect us . [applause] you know who im voting for. Im not going to tell you who to vote for. Im here to ask you to commit to vote. Its never been easier than now. You can go to commit. Barackobama. Com to register, to find your polling location, and any other information you need. Its that easy. You know, earlier this week, Chelsea Clinton reminded us that we are the generation whose voices havent been heard. So vote so that your voice is heard. [applause] over the last two days, weve been reminded of something that perhaps we forgot what has been accomplished, and what is at stake. Whether we can get health care, afford college, be guaranteed equal pay, all of these things are at great, great risk. And thats why im here todayto and thats why im here today, to use whatever attention im fortunate enough to receive to shed the spotlight on whats at stake for all of us. [applause] when i was a little girl, my mother, a registered democrat, would take me into the polling booth and tell me which buttons to press and when to pull the lever. Is that even legal . I dont know. I dont think so. Anyway, i remember the excitement i felt in that secret box, and feeling like my moms vote wasnt just about the candidate, it was about our family and all the families just like ours and our community. In our community. This last election, i finally got to punch those buttons for real, for me. I was so excited, i wore my i voted pin the whole day. It was my finest accessory. And this year, on november 6th, im filled with that same enthusiasm, that same pride, to press the button to reelect president , barack obama. [cheering and applause] so get out there, exercise your right to vote. Thank you. [cheering and applause] cspan has covered every minute of every Political Convention since 1984. Our Video Library includes those and many more hours of archival conventions. 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Today on day three of the Republican National convention, politico talked with mark meadows, discussing the confluence of the Trump Administration and the campaign as well as negotiations to that covid economic responsible. Lets get started. Lets give a warm welcome to white house chief of staff, mark meadows. Think you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. It is great to be with you this morning. It is 69 days until election day. Ing isesidents poll lagging in every swing state that we see. Give us a sense, if the president wins on november 3, it will be because he did what over the next 69 days