Discusses Affordable Housing and the wealth gap. Clinton thank yall for joining us for the second edition of building an inclusive recovery. I hope wherever you are tuning in from, you are staying healthy and safe. I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to our sponsors for this session. Those who have made action. I hope all of you will think about specific ways you and your organizations can make a difference or partner with others to increase your impact. Our topic today, the housing crisis, has plagued america long before covid19. Now, it is even more urgent. Especially in dense urban areas. They face new challenges. Home ownership has long been recognized as one of the most effective and Proven Solutions to Building Wealth and Financial Stability in america. ,ven before the pandemic homeownership rates for black americans were at an alltime low. Latino homeownership is the Fastest Growing of any group in the nation. But it still lags behind white ownership by more than 24
The white house after hearing the news trump has continued his golfing trip. Weve got more Team Analysis for you here with the details correspondent Stephanie Simons in philadelphia pennsylvania and im joined by our Annette Choudhry here with me in the studio i want to start with you because you have worked firstly with joe biden you know him as an individual do you think he has the character to bring together the nation as hes been promising as we expect him to say in his victory speech i mean i think part of the real special relationship that i saw him have with barack obama was that they kind of had a head heart you know union thing going on where joe biden just brings poddle of empathy and understanding to any situation that hes put in but i think what needs to be done to bring the country together is to use that thats a good starting point but then to have a program a program that he can really sell in his joe biden manner and so this transition period over the next couple weeks a
Now in American History tv, bill clintons speech accepting the 1996 democratic nomination for president. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, bill clinton [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mister chairman. Mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president , my fellow democrats and my fellow americans. Thank you for your nomination. [applause] i dont know if i can find a fancy way to say this, but i accept. [applause] thank you. So many have contributed to the record we have made for the American People, but one above all, my partner, my friend, and the best Vice President in our history, al gore. [applause] tonight i think the city of chicago, its great mayor and its wonderful people for this magnificent convention. I love chicago for many reasons. For your powerful spirit, your sports teams, you are lively politics, but most of all for the love and light of my life, chicagos d
John lennon . John lennon. John lennon was shot and killed tonight in new york city. An unspeakable tragedy. I said, do you realize what you have done here . And he said, i killed myself. He said, im john lennon. People came out here, singing beatles ballads. They just want to try to feel close to a man whom they say touched their lives. Thats how much love people had for john lennon. His music made our good times better. His music made our bad times at least livable. If he hadnt dreamed so beautifully, it wouldnt hurt so much. Here we are, 40 years later, talking about this man and this mans music. My role in society or any artist or poets role so to rye to express what we all feel, not as a preacher, as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. John, he was always a person that was ahead of the curve. His lyrics were always about the truth. I asked him at one point what his secret was for writing great songs. He said, you write the truth and you make it rhyme. It sort of dawned on me
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