I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans, in we want wilkie, and as we watch on images of him on the campaign trail, we are joined here, in russia indiana, with wilkie. I want to introduce her audience, to some of these iconic images, of the campaign, they really surrounded the ground or thought. He ran for president , and try to defeat roosevelt, who is seeking a third term. The end of the hovered ministration, going for eight years in the result administration, roosevelt was president roosevelt right at the height of his power, and that opened up a time for a dark horse candidate to come outside of the political spectrum. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party, this was a party that had been defeated by roosevelt in 1932. Off landed in 1836, so, what were the republicans looking for, and why was your grandfather the
Cspan2 and the house when they return on cspan. Now Vice President mike pence delivers remarks at a Labor Day Campaign at the Power Cooperative in lacrosse wisconsin. Figures include public and senator ron johnson and labor secretary Eugene Scalia had about 45 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president and ceo of dairyland Power Cooperative brent ridge. [music] morning. The Vice President of the United States is here so good morning. All right, fantastic. As i said earlier times for being here today and i want to thank kurt bauer for his remarks earlier. Grateful to honor the workforce and workers across the United States and compensate on part of the maryland La Crosse County family and i want to specifically recognize families sacrifice every day keep the lights on industry operating 24 hours seven days a week. Our next speaker is United States senator ron johnson and its my pleasure to introduce. He was elected to the second reelected in 2015. Senator johnson is univers
Live coverage begins at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. [cheering] we want willkie we want willkie we want willkie i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. [applause] as your nominee, i will have an aggressive fighting campaign. [applause] we want willkie the republicans in we want wi llkie. Wendell willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie, his grandson. I want you to introduce the audience to some of the fervor. As were seeing from these Iconic Images from the 1940s campaign that surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. We are entering the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the Roosevelt Administration. President roosevelt was right at the height of
Comment about george floyd that is overshadowing it all. It is official joe biden becomes the Democratic Party nominee for president. What happened last night that put him over the top and whats next for the Campaign Already disrupted by a pandemic. And storming ahead. Developing overnight, Tropical Storm cristobal grows stronger as it churns toward the gulf coast. Well have the latest track. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. There are still cases that we need to bring attention to. There are still names that we need to say. We still are screaming no justice, no peace because it doesnt stop with george. An entire week of huge protests sparking major changes. Protests are planned for d. C. , new york, l. A. , atlanta, chicago, and florida. A marathon, not a sprint. If weve got to slowly get somewhere, weve got to get there. President trump is hailing a surprising drop in the number of americans looking for work. We absolutely shatte
Every federal agency in washington feared the notoriety of being o called out doctor coburns and no report of government access known as waste book he led the fight that ended congressional earmarked better known as project spread will others created credit for getting new inprograms he took on the thankless job of trying to unravel the maze of duplicates of an overlapping programs and redundant and inefficient bureaucracy. The loan he offered requiring the gao to identify duplication within federal programs has saved our taxpayers more than 260 billion to date. I think the head of gao said it best, this law is quote the gift that keeps on giving and it will for a long time,. This effort is not just saving money it is making government more efficient and other important ways. An egregious example found as a result of duplication law is there are ten different agencies with 23 different overlapping and fragmented definitions for Sexual Violence. If we cannot even define the problem, how