Have come to this country with nothing, nothing but hope. Today, one of their sons stands before you with the opportunity to be president of the United States top ladies and gentlemen, it is with honor, pride, and with love that i give you michael f dukakis. [applause] america by neil diamond playing] [applause] [applause] [applause] [crowd chanting] gov. Dukakis mr. Chairman. A few months ago when Olympia Dukakis in front of about a billion and a half Television Viewers all over the world raised that oscar over her head and said, ok, michael, lets go, she wasnt kidding. [applause] kitty and i are kitty and i are grateful to her for that wonderful introduction and grateful to all of you for making this possible. This is a wonderful evening for us and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. [applause] my fellow democrats. My fellow americans. Sixteen months ago, when i announced my candidacy for the presidency of the United States, i said this campaign would be a marathon. Tonight,
Month. Regents financial down 18 just catastrophic week this is a week chicos down 43 the kohls. Gap down 28 these stocks have been cut 50 or more in the last couple of weeks. Utilities another sector look at plain old run of the mill electric power companies. Regulated e lelectric power company. Believe it or not, this is a calmer week than it has been in the prior three or four weeks. The volume is about 30 lower than prior weeks the intraday swings are two to three below. The vix is below 50. We were 80 three weeks ago guys, i take no solace in saying were down 2. 4 on the week. In terms of all the craziness we saw two and three weeks ago, this is calmer a month ago i would have thought myself crazy to say that but it is true. Back to you. I think you should try out the vest, bob, thanks. Lets get over to steve who is digging into this devastating payroll plunge as tons of americans are left without work during this pandemic kelly, i got to advise you and tyler to save your adjectiv
Im frank somerville. A combined 29 people were killed in weekend. There was a huge vigil in el paso, texas, tonight where the death toll remains at 20. 26 others were wounded. The gunman opened fire inside a Walmart Store and Shopping Mall yesterday morning. The u. S. Attorney for the Western District of texas says it will be classified as a case of domestic terrorism and prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty. The mayor of el paso has sought a local Emergency Declaration and the fbi said they are confident there are not any accomplices. Just after 1 a. M. In dayton, ohio, a gunman opened fire in a popular Entertainment District killing nine people including his sister. 27 were left injured. Authorities say the shooter wore a bulletproof vest, mask, Hearing Protection and was carrying at least 100 rounds. Police shot the gunman less than a minute after the shooting started. Amazing grace how sweet the sound. A nation in mourning over yet another senseless attack on innocen
Is going after what voters know. And as was said, the Supreme Court within the bounds of Citizens United said transparency and disclosure, fine. I have a few examples. This was a district 6 mailer, and the video at the bottom of an internet mailer ad, paid for by a committee, clean and sunset. Major funding by progress San Francisco. And the district 6 version said paid for by san franciscans for change, major funding by progress San Francisco. I think all of us in this room know who are behind that committee, but most regular people would have no reason to know. Two big things. Number one, it will require the dollar amount of the donors to be listed, so that voters get more than a name and an actual piece of data that they can use to say to ask if they wish, whos really behind this and whats their agenda. And more importantly, it pierces the shell of fake name committees like that by requiring that progress San Francisco in this example, the top two donors to that committee would also
Again, were trying to give voters information and ensuring they really know whos behind the Shell Committee and how much they gave. Only other thing ill say on that component and ill get to the last one is some may ask, well, arent the clever election lawyers going to find some other way to hide, and im sure they will. And to that i would say, were going to do that the same way you would eat an elephant, one bite at a time. And i think this will become the strongest in the country and a model for other cities. So at the end, i want to submit some materials, and supervisor mar has the same if you wish to share, is the paytoplay division, which prohibits not just the developer, which is already prohibited, but the top executives associated with that developer from giving to any city official running for the board of supervisors, mayor, or City Attorney or sitting in those offices for the entire time that the measure is pending or for 12 months its approved or after its done. We tried to