We begin with a visit to nashvilles Ryman Auditorium as author dale ewing how the venue became a place for political rally, civil rights events and Country Musics grand ole opry. Today were at the historic Ryman Auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. The nickname of the Ryman Auditorium is the Mother Church of Country Music which definitely tells the history of both things that it is famous for. It was built by a riverboat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. And after his conversion he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who go to town. So captain ryman built the Ryman Auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. So thats the church part of the history. And the Country Music part deals with the grand ole opry which came in 1943 any came here until 1974 when the new opry house was built, but during the run of th
The 2020 Republican National convenon. Good evening, im judy woodruf and welcome to our special pbs newshour live coverage of the repu National Convention. This years political conventions are like none any us can remember. Welong with thousands of others have planned to be in thcharlotte, north carolin week. But because of the pandemic, this gathering will be almost entirely virtual. Speakers w are the thethe republicans am im here in the studio with amy walter and amna that. Warner right around the corner. Both df them sociallytant. We have reporters and analysts across the country. We plan to bring you the same depth of coverage and analysis ering this critical time in an historction year. This week President Trump will years. He case for another four and we will be here to hear all of it. Lets turn first to our newshour reporters am that nawaz as i say is in thstudio just around the corner from me to give us a guide on whato expect and key moments to look out for. Hi judy, like the
Promising results from both of them. Later, we are expecting news from astrazeneca, thats a british company. They are going to announce the results of their phase 1 trials of a covid vaccine. Now, positive news on a vaccine usually moves the market. It certainly did last week, and i think its helping futures this morning, too. There is news on a new stimulus plan. The president says he would not approve any plan that did not include a payroll tax cut. All right. Now look at the market. It has turned around. Earlier today we were way on the down side. But now we have moved to the upside i think its on the strength of this vaccine news. The dow held to the 26, 600 level last week. 8,000 points above where it was when President Trump won election. By the way, a new the Washington Post abc news poll showed joe biden with a 15point lead, 5540. This is 106 days before the november vote. We will be talking a lot about election risk on todays program. Then theres this. For the 54th straight da
By the way, twitter is among many of the names dragging the markets lower as we head into this final hour of trade. Worries over spiking coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in nearly every state are drenching the bulls right now. As i said, dow jones 267, thats pretty much close to the session lows. Same with the s p and nasdaq. We do have a loss of 117 points on the nasdaq. As covid cases spike, many restaurants have been forced to flip the script along with the burgers, as hot spots close dining rooms that have recently just reopened. How are they doing that . Some just throwing up their hands but not the ceo of one burger chain. Hes here to tell you how hes dealing with moving goal posts that are pretty much moving every five seconds. Look at this. This is really worrisome. Water pouring into new yorks lincoln tunnel. Another example of the nations crumbling infrastructure. President trump has been complaining about this for years and now he is cutting reams of red tape at a reco
Taking anywhere up to eight days. Hospitals pushed to the brink again. That breaking point is close. Its very close. Schools and teachers caught in the middle. Im a teacher and i dont want to die. This morning, a bipartisan look at this crisis with Governors Jared Polis and asa hutchinson. Representative Donna Shalala from hardhit florida. Plus, trouble for trump. The latest from our brandnew poll and our analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The Coronavirus Crisis is growing even more dire. Cases increasing in more than 35 states. Well dive into all of that. But we begin by honoring john lewis, whos died at the age of 80 after battling pancreatic cancer. This is the scene this morning at the john lewis mural turned memorial in atlanta. In washington, the flag over the capitol flying at halfstaff. Lewis was a towering figure in the fight in civil rights. A moral compass