Conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Cuomo, anddan, mario annrichards in 1988 richards in 1988. Barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit with the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin entered the on immigration reform. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you do not know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, democrat of houston, texas. [applause] Barbara Jordan thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first led a convention to select a president ial candidate. Since that time, democrats have continued to go to been once every f
Three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to deliver the best speech of their political careers. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan at the 1976 Democratic Convention, three term new york governor mario cuomos address in 1984 and texas state treasurer and future governor and richards keynote speech in 1988. In 1976, congresswoman Barbara Jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree from Boston University and was the first black woman elected to the texas senate. House,erving in the u. S. She taught political ethics at the university of texas at austin and later chaired the u. S. Commission on Immigration Reform which recommended immigration in the usb cut by 1 3. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies and gentlemen [applause] ladies or arer you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you dont know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, d
From the Maga Pillow Man to the cracken lawyer, real world consequences for spreading election lies. Dr. Hotez on what might be really good vaccine news and the race to get more shots in arms is never more important. Why is it the democrats are just getting control of the senate from Mitch Mcconnell today . When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight it seems mccarthy and the House Republicans refuse to discipline a member of their caucus who openly called for violence and proving theres no real civil war between the trump republicans and the establishment, bush era holdovers. If there ever was, its over. One side absolutely walloped the other. Not only did the republicans not discipline this member according to reports, a lot of the people in the caucus apparently gave her a Standing Ovation. The division in the party is amplified because of two figures that the gop house caucus trying to figure out what to do with. The first is Marjorie Taylor gr
We will talk the markets, fx, and the dollar, but overwhelming all today is the news on the virus. Our team in brazil out with a terrific article on the pandemic in brazil. Jon, i know it is not equivalent , but it is the same energy about the sunbelt in america. At a pandemic, but it is worsening condition of the virus in the sunbelt. Jonathan youre right to say it is not equivalent because it is not, but it certainly is concerning regardless. For many Market Participants, theyve had confidence there is a higher bar to shutting down these economies once again. That teller into policy makers is beginning to be tested over the next several days. Will it constrain the reopening process . Will it hit his mrs. And consumers hit businesses and consumers . That concern is top of the mind. Tom i know we are within a range, but im sorry, i observed gold really out but your stop out,st and really up against an 1800 price target. Lisa i cannot say for gold, but i will just say, taking a step bac
Vaccine boosted the antibodies in patients fighting the virus well have more on that new development. And as new cases hit a record high here, Tillman Fertitta says this is a mess for business and employees he will join us later this hour. Power lunch starts right now thank you, tyler, as we await the minutes, lets get todto dom chu. It could be the same. With quarters like we just saw, typically the momentum however, tyler mentioned the trading today very mixed the dow is up just 206 points, the s p 500 up about 23, so we are seeing a bit of a move off those session highs right now. Still, though, for the time being, green on the screen namely the s p 500 and however it sits away from the record high we saul earlier this year, remember, from that level to where we are now, were still about 8 below record highs. Well see if they can break out above or below this range. Two stocks to keep an eye on fedex stock after the great Earnings Report that they had. You can see here up about 12 o