Coming up on American History tv. A 1945 film from the u. S. Office of war information, about how americans voted in the 1944 president ial election. Where frank roosevelt, won a fourth term as president. It is Early Morning of the first tuesday november. This is an american city. A ci that is not very large. Not very rich, not very old. It is situated in the western part of the United States, in caifornia. Its name is riverton. The woman in the car is mrs. Dawson, one of rivertons 15,000 residents. Shes principal of Public School number two. But today, there will be no classes held here, for this is election day. This classroom is one of the 130,000 plaacethe country over in which american citizens are going to cast theirotes today. This is the table where the votersnames will be checked. The locked ballot box and the polling booth. Here it is in the privivacy of this curtained space tt the americavoters every four years on the first tuesday after the first monday in november oose the
That discussion to foreign policy. Good evening, Vice President nixon. As they did in their first meeting, both men will make Opening Statements of about eight minute each and closing statements of equal time running three to five minutes each. During the half hour between the opening and closing statements, the candidates will answer and comment on questions from a panel of four correspondence, chosen by the nationwide networks that carry the program. Each candidate will be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. Each answer will be limited to 2. 5 minutes, each comment one to 1. 5 minutes. They are free to ask any questions they choose. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine the final question. Reversing the order in their first meeting, senator kennedy will make a second Opening Statement and the First Closing statement. For the first Opening Statement, here is Vice President nixon. V. P. Nixon mr. Howe, senator kennedy,
Majorwhere the two candidates for president of the United States are about to engage in their fourth Radio Television discussion of the present campaign. Tonight, these men will confined that discussion to foreign policy. Good evening, Vice President nixon. As they did in their first meeting, both men will make Opening Statements of about eight minute each and closing statements of equal time running three to five minutes each. During the half hour between the opening and closing statements, the candidates will answer and comment on questions from a panel of four correspondence, chosen by the nationwide networks that carry the program. Each candidate will be questioned in turn with opportunity for comment by the other. Each answer will be limited to comment one toch 1. 5 minutes. They are free to ask any questions they choose. Neither candidate knows what questions will be asked. Time alone will determine the final question. Reversing the order in their first meeting, senator kennedy w
Welcome to the Virginia Senate debate between democratic senator mark warner and republican candidate, daniel, made possible by the chamber of commerce. Policy and government at georgeo Mason University and 44. Streaming on nbc washington. Com, you will notice a few things different in this debate because of the pandemic candidates, panelist and myself are in separate locations, as you can see here. No live audience, instead, they are joining us virtually yet doom thanks to the Northern Virginia chamber of commerce. What hasnt changed, this will have an opportunity to find out where the candidates stand on issues important to virginia voters. Lets begin by quickly covering the rules for todays event. The debate will last one hour and begin with one and a half minute Opening Statements from each candidate. Our panel is and i will post questions directly to the candidates. These questions have been determined by nbc news and the panelists and not reviewed by the candidates or any debate
The early days of world war ii, frank and roosevelt told the country, the news is going to get worse and worse before it gets better and better. And the American People deserve to have it straight from the president the job of a is to tell it straight from the shoulder, tell the truth, to be candid, to face facts, to lead, not to incite. That is why im speaking to you today. The incumbent president is incapable of telling us the truth. Incapable of facing the facts, and incapable of healing. He does not want to shed light, he wants to generate heat and he is stroking violence in our cities. You know, this is the tragic fact of the matter about this hour and howus he is dealing with this perilous our. And how he is dealing with this perilous our in our nation. We have seen again and again, unwarranted police shooting, excessive force. Seven bullets to the back of jacob blake. Violence of extremists and opportunists, rightwing militias, white supremacists, vigilantes, who infiltrate prot