to the constitution but seldom see, that s a little bit of domestic tranquility. when gerald ford became president, he understood the public needed something completely different. seemed to be the right man for the times. it s likely to give the nation s economy a psychological lift but it will take more than a new president to cure the economy. it was an extremely difficult time. ford inherited the deepest recession since the 1930 s but spending 25% of his time on left over nixon matters. ford is in brand new job faces a really consequential choice, pardon nixon try to put watergate behind the country or let the investigation run its course this year especially the past few months and weeks filled with scored days, today was another one historians will be borrowing about and thinking about for
law and order nixon people, you got to do conservativism with a smile, making people feel good, not scold them. we can turn of this country around and our economy around and the time to do it is now: there are many democrats worried that carter is not going to win, so ted kennedy, who s a senator from massachusetts, decides to take him on. today, i formally announce that i m a candidate for president of the united states. many democrats believe carter moved too far to the center and that he abandoned the traditional ideas of the party. jimmy carter and kennedy became the popular opposites within the party and jimmy carter on top of that had a feeling that the kennedys felt they were above southerners.
but america can t do a damn thing. ted kopple news, wallet cronkite, carter started becoming the symbol of lost american prestige. ronald reagan is running officially got in the race tonight in new york city at a fund-raising dinner and tape add speech yesterday for showing between the on about 90 independent television stayingses i mean here between the to announce my intention to seek the republican nominations for president of the united states, crisis we face is not the result of failure of the american spirit, it s a failure of leaders. the country is looking for optimism, dawn, new beginnings and ronald reagan i put it miced all of those things between 76 and 80, reagan is building a coalition bringing in christian fundamentalists and
france, it s intensity and morocco playing in qatar. qatar is the first middle eastern arab country to host a world cup and we ve talked a lot about the down sides of that, but one of the up sides is that it s going to, it s created an ethos of arab nationalism and provided almost a home-field advantage to the moroccans. i think that s really carried them through the tournament, and morocco is, plays this style where it s able to sit back, absorb pressure. they manage to defend in a way that s actually kind of fun to watch and then they counter attack quickly, but not in 1s and 2s. they counter attack in a swarm and it s actually a fairly stylish, sophisticated form of counterattacking, but france, dear joe, i mean, i know has his special place in your, your, your your florida heart. and they really are the best,
started charitable organizations, not for profit organizations that have changed peoples lives around this country. we did begin building a modern anti-gun violence movement the day that sandy hook happened and, yes, took us ten years to finally get a federal law passed that tightens our nation s gun laws. across the country, 500 different laws and referendums at the state and local government ta helped protect our schools. i get it. so much more progress to be made, but today a day to remember all of those kids, think about all the parents, think of the sandy hook community and realize amidst all of that grief those families have stepped up and done incredible things to try to help sandy hook heal and to try to make schools and families healthier all across this country. that s really what i m thinking most about today. you know, ten years ago was a day that really ripped open