[shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. One cannot help but reflect the sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. That is Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey is the focus of this weeks program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage for people. This country was in an uproar about the vietnam war. Set the stage. The vietnam war had been going on for 15 years. It was obvious
Impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor i think we learned from watching the republicans four theirago as they selected Vice President ial nominee that it pays to take a little more time. [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. [applause] so i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and Yvonne Braithwaite burke. [applause] so tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. [applause] this afternoon i crossed the wide missouri to recommend a running mate of wide vision and deep compassion, senator tom eagleton. [applause] im proud to have him at my side, and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most eloquent and courageous voice
I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was la
Emergency use authorization to a new virus treatment using plasma from people who already had over 19. Its called convalescent plasma, it reduces the rate significantly in one big study. Investors love the positive news on the virus and with new cases in america trending firmly down we have a monday morning market rally, the dow industrial is up 270 points, s p up 28 and look at that nasdaq, were looking at again at well over 1 , 123 points for the nasdaq. This is very much a big tech rally all over again. Apple stock premarket, well above 500 bucks, Morgan Stanley says it will fight 20, 30 at 512 getting there fast. Look where it is now come up another 75 bucks, 2125. Will bring you the rest of the big tech news and a moment. Just as the republicans began their convention, joe biden brings blockbuster news about the virus, he told abc news that he would shut the economy down all over again if the Scientists Say so. If the Scientists Say a National Lockdown would save lives. Thats what
Southeastern germany. Right now, nbc news is reporting several people dead. Several injured. Christina yates, one of the producers here as you look at the google layout of the Shopping Center, spoke with a Police Spokesman and he confirmed to her theyre looking for three suspects with long guns. Long weapons. Now, this gels with witness reports earlier. Munich Police Declared what theyre calling acute terror status or acute terror alert. As a result of that reportedly theyre asking off duty police officers, nurses and doctors to report in because we do not know how many casualties they are. There are various reports at this hour. Ranging from casualties from one to 15. Depending on which news service you use. Our nbc producer andy eckert on the ground in a city just outside of frankfurt talked to police. Nbc comfortable with several killed and several injured. Transportation has been shut down into and outside of the area of munich. People are being told to do what is our equivalent of