The senate will continue to observe the biden rule. Action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is over. Our msnbc team is covering the nomination. And reaction from the Nations Capital and beyond. Lets start with our justice correspondent Pete Williams there in d. C. Pete, garland had been has been to this dance before, hes been on the Supreme Court short list for a number of years. Why now . I think the answer is that the white house hopes that hes more of a consensus nominee and that hes both well liked and respected and has a moderate judicial record and that that would make it harder for republicans to oppose him or harder for republicans not even to give him any consideration. A big emotional day for him and here is a little more of what he said. This is the greatest honor of my life, other than lynn agreeing to marry me 28 years ago. Its also the greatest gift ive ever received, except and theres another caveat, the birth of our daughte
Declares of independence was signed. At the nearby wells fargo center, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to accept a major u. S. Partys nomination for president. She walked out to embrace president obama last night after he delivered one of the most powerful speeches of his presidency. Laying out a passionate case for his former secretary of state, passing her the political torch, and issuing what the New York Times called by far his most ferocious attack yet on donald trump. There has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody, more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of america. America is already great. America is already strong. And i promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on donald trump. Ronald reagan called america a shining city on a hill. Donald trump calls it a divided crime scene. That only he can fix. Anyone who threatens our values, whether fascist, jihadist or homegrown demagogs will always fail
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