Contest of 2000. And its no coincidence, in fact, that three years after the 2000 lection, two new books about the election of 1876 appeared ith the 2000 contest clearly in mind. One was by a bitter democrat. Its title says it all. Braud of the century, rother ford b hey. The republicans had stolen elections before. The other interesting thing, lee, was former chief which was sort of subtle defeet or subtle degeese in. He went into deciding whether to settle the election of 1876. There were certainly parallels, sometimes eerie. In 1876, as in pho two. As in 2000, electoral votes were in dispute, including the electoral roets of florida but also the electoral votes of South Carolina and louisiana that were being disputed. In act, all three of those states ent contesting sets of electoral votes to washington to be counted. Now, theres emocratic electors and republican electors. In 2000, here were people who counted rutherford b. Hays as an. I was originally approached by editors of a new
[applause] [applause] [applause] delegates, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Please welcome back Republican National Committee Chair rice priebus. Mr. Priebus welcome to the Third Session of the 2016 Republican National convention. The convention will come to order. Olors will bec represented by our men and women in blue. Please welcome the color guard from the Cleveland Police department for helping protect us tonight. [applause] thank you. Halt. Left face. Please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance, the National Anthem and the indication. Representing countries from around the world, please welcome the patriotic nationality ambassadors will lead us in our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and sue the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Priebus all right. Please welcome lifelong browns ch, who will sing the National Anthem. [applause] oh say can
Travelers on their way to sunny san diego had to make an unexpected stop in denver last night. United flight 1243 landed at dia because of a possible security concern. The flight which was coming from newark, new jersey, made it to denver at about 930 last night. Here you can see investigate. Passengers were evacuated and bussed to the terminal. The fbi says someone reported a suspicious item on board but nothing was found. That flight did finally make it san diego. Once all passengers were rescreened and let back on the plane. A family in clifton got quite the wakeup from a swat team on wednesday morning. Grand Junction Police and the Mesa County Sheriffs Office were looking for meth. Instead the found an innocent family. Oops. The suspects they were looking for had already moved out. Police say it was a bad tip that led them to the old address. And say they will pay for the damage. Two men from colorado were serving in syria fighting isis when they were killed tomorrow their families
Giants tax story. Welcome to closing bell, everybody. Im kelly evans at the New York Stock Exchange. Im mike santoli in for bill griffe griffeth. The European Union says apple must pay ireland 14. 5 billion in taxes. Ireland doesnt want the money. We have got the latest developments and someone that says it threatens uncertainty of businesses in europe. Apple shares down nearly 1 on the developments. Boeing, meanwhile, deciding not to raise jetliner prices for the First Time Since the financial crisis. See fed officials shaking their heads. Well have what it means about the broader economy. Gold prices slowing down after a big rally year to date. Is the gold run over . Well debate it coming up. After the bell, sean combs will join us live here on set at New York Stock Exchange after ringing the closing bell to talk about the latest Business Ventures and the music industry. Stay tuned for that next hour. Lets start, though, with apples tax bill in europe. Jon fortt with the latest devel
Rail crossings. Despite rtds claims to 9news that there were no problems in the testing phase, a 9wants to know investigation revealed the a line was plagued with problems long before passengers ever boarded. For the first time in 11 years a hurricane will make landfall in florida. The last time a hurricane hit the Sunshine State was october 24th, 2005. Then it was wilma. Tonight its hermine. Counting by days 3,965 of them since a hurricane has come ashore in florida, the longest in recorded history for that state. A lot of people have moved there since 2005. So for them this is a first. Hermine has sustained winds of about 80 Miles Per Hour and the eye is headed for the panhandle in the next couple hours. State leaders are calling it a life threatening situation and warning people not to take this storm lightly. Tornado warnings have gone out across several counties extending southward towards tampa and orlando. Center of the storm. Broncos final preseason game of the year started jus