there were many factions. they were united only by a feeling that this is our moment. this is carnegie hall. no more war. no more war. they re concerned about the build-up of the force because we think that anything that s built-up like this is liable to be used. a democratic convention is about to begin in a police state. there just doesn t seem to be any other way to say it. the people of chicago and its mayor are proud to welcome a great political gathering of americans who come here to shape the future of a nation. and as long as i m mayor of this town, there will be law and order in chicago. [ applause ] the two men who most still believe this is all about arrived in chicago to begin their final drive for delegate votes. most of us were saying it wasn t politically possible for mccarthy to overcome those who were pledged to humphrey. so, there clearly needed to be another force.
this is walter cronkite in miami beach at this first session of the republican national convention. richard nixon was the leader. but he walked into the republican convention not positive that he would be the candidate. the new-fashioned nixon runs an old-fashioned campaign. and that s what the country seems to want. there were challengers. there was nelson rockefeller in new york, for starters, and george romney in michigan. there was some talk of reagan. but nixon had a lock on the delegates. we are a nation in crisis. right now, change rules america. it s time for america to rule
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able to influence the republicans on vietnam. so, we wanted to put massive pressure on the democrats. i didn t think anything could happen with vietnam without that challenge. this is a cbs news campaign 68 convention special. what s going to happen in chicago? on this eve of the beginning of the 35th democratic national convention, chicago is nearly security-tight. perhaps the heaviest security ever provided for a political gathering in the free world. the police, several thousand of them, are now deployed. soldiers have arrived in chicago and are standing by. for the convention, the plan was to have a mass anti-war demonstrate and a mass counterculture festival. we gathered in the parks. we re going to march because we have a right to, because that s what we came to chicago to do and no one s going to stop us. thank you. [ applause ] there were many factions. they were united only by a feeling that this is our moment. this is carnegie hall. no more war. no more war.
[ crowd chanting ] bobby kennedy, having lost oregon, knew that he had to win california, and that would be his ticket to the convention. it will take a very big win, a spectacular win in california, to repair the badly shattered kennedy image. bobby s going to do it. you know, this was just the way that everybody felt. for kennedy, 48%. and for mccarthy, 41%. [ applause ] this land is robert