you were casting someone to play the road to heal a nation, gerald ford would win the nation ladies and gentlemen the vice president of the united states and mrs. ford. gerald ford was one of the most popular people in congress, conservative and republican to the core. but always willing to talking always willing to compromise. my fellow americans, our long national nightmare is over. part of what gerald ford wanted to do was move beyond watergate. to say our long national nightmare is over was to try to tell the nation my main job as president will be to heal of this country. may our former president, who brought peace to millions find it for himself [cheers and applause] david what do you think? i would guess that in his term we may see a little of what we are promised in the preamble
shah in part because of extremely oppressive policy it was important for the oil resources but also because the shah was an ally when the came to regional goals, this was a natural alliance for the united states. the president and the shah of iran spent a long team talking about the middle east and it was brought up by other leader and other country jimmy carter saw the middle east and the settlement of on the conflict between the israelis and arabs and central to any kind of stability for the next generation. hopes for middle east peace settlement were never higher than they were last november when he went to jerusalem, then the enthusiasm began to drop off while the world watched they took to bickering and negotiations broke down. jimmy carter took advantage of the willingness to talk to the israelis, i believe he thought he might be able to do
a year ago. the peace treaty changed the tenor of politics across the area, an arab country recognized israel s right to exist s changed the dynamics of the middle east. what a picture. what a picture. the room, of course, is cheering, applause. he said peace now celebrates a great victory. of f
california was first. people in this country we re about the price of gas, this is about the availability of. while producers were getting ready the consumerers are beginning to meet in japan, president carter s state visit began today. is there anything you can do my information is that in the next for you weeks, hopefully sooner, there will be an increase in supply of gasoline to the affect areas. i think it s phony, i believe they re trying to get the prices jacked up. that s my personal upon. what was once a distant foreign policy issue has become a domestic issue truck strike driven food prices upward, slowed industry and resulted in violence, the bloodiest episode in pennsylvania 32 people injured put motorists joined to protest the shortage. they packed the intersection and it turned violent.
drift in. i think the president and advisors are making a mistake if they think out there in the country people feel there s a crisis of confidence in themselves, they feel as a crisis of confidence in the president. it was the analysis of the speech that turned him, and basically he fired his cabinet. when members of the cabinet gather to do the white house this morning for a two-hour meeting with the president, they seemed in good spirits but boy entitlement they left. things changed along with the senior white house staff, their resignations were requested. don t you think someone should come out and assure the country i don t think there is a crisis. the american people have the right to know who s running government. they do have right to know, they do know who s running the government. american public isn t confused about who s running the government, the president is running it sometimes perception is more important than reality and the perception big water marin