Election 1976, a look towards the conventions. Your host is political analyst richards gammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions of the groups each to produce a candidate for Vice President in the fall. Backpose, when one looks at the primary season that began in february, closed on june 8 in california. As one looks back. There are two things that stand out. Jimmy carter, and the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this phenomenon. Heres governor of a middle sized state in the south and pretty well a sword of nomination as the first southerner since the civil war. How did he do it . Stephen it is a phenomenon, an incredible performance for who is that u
A year after a power sharing deal was signed. Theres gold in these hills that im standing on perhaps 3800000000 dollars worth armory chalons in Northern Ireland keep watching to find out why some people here want to stop the canadians from mining it. So were beginning in the United States with the Democratic Party is holding its National Convention to formally name joe biden as its president ial candidate of course the coronavirus pandemic is still persisting so this years event is being held virtually weve got the vermont senator Bernie Sanders and former 1st Lady Michelle obama headlining this 1st night of speeches some of which have been prerecorded. I know joe he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith he was a terrific Vice President he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he listens he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone whos lived a life that the r
Election 1976, a look toward the conventions. Your host is political analyst Richard Scammon. Richard this is Richard Scammon. With me here in our studios in washington, stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we are going to try and talk with you about the end of the primary season. The beginning of the preconvention caucus and maneuver and discussion and trying to get together various factions to produce a candidate for president and Vice President in the fall. I suppose really when one looks back on this primary season that newn back in february in hampshire, closed down in california and ohio and new jersey, as one looks back, there are two things really that stand out. The first is the rise of jimmy carter. The second, the closeness of the Republican Campaign for the nomination. Steve, how would you evaluate this carter phenomenon . Here is a man who was governor of a middle size state in the south. Pretty well assured the nomination, pretty well assured the nomina
If Public Health Officials Say that is the only way forward, he is willing to do it, he is willing to lead. Donald trump failed to confront this pandemic. Countries similar to ours at similar stages of development have gotten a handle on this virus. The number of deaths, the impact on the economy is far less. Far better. What joe biden is showing is leadership and a willingness to trust science. Cspans washington journal live every day. We are taking your calls on the news of the day and we will discuss policy issues that impact you. Monday morning, little talk about the week ahead for the Republican Convention with the Hills National reporter. Watch cspans washington journal live at 00 eastern monday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with thing phone calls, texts and tweets. Monday, Republican National Convention Delegate meet in charlottesville, North Carolina to nominate President Trump and Vice President pence for a second term in office. Postmaster general robert dejoy and c
All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonish to give their attention landmark cases, cspans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12th historic Supreme Court decisions mr. Chief justice, former mayor please the court quite often, in our most famous decisions, theyre one that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate, very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Hello and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 historic Supreme Court cases that we will look at this season. Mcculloch v. Maryland is our case tonight, and we will learn more about this significant case in the people and issues behind it and why it is so important in our American History process. Later,