History tv, every weekend on cspan three explore our nations past. Cspan 3. Created by americas Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Up next Alaska Governor sarah palin accepts the nomination for Vice President at the Republican National convention in st. Paul, minnesota, her and president ial nominee senator mccain would lose the general election to democrats brock obama and joe biden. noise noise thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. noise so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. noise thank you so much. Thank you thank you. Thank you so much. noise mister chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens i would be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. Thank you. applause i accept the call to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at the crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man whos
Listen on the free cspan radio app. For only the third time in u. S. History, a Major Political party is nominating a woman to be their Vice President ial candidate. The first time was in 1984, when democrats chose Geraldine Ferraro. 24 years later, republicans nominated then Alaska Governor sarah palin. Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher, she took night classes at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races th was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geral
Cspan. Org. Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 starting in january in a mccain Palin Administration were going to lay more pipelines and build more Nuclear Plants and create jobs with clean coal and move forward on solar, wind, geo thermal and other alternative sources. We need [ applause ] [ applause ] we need american sources of resources. We need American Energy brought to you by American Ingenuity and produced by american workers. [ applause ] now ive noticed a pattern with our opponent and maybe you have too. Weve all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers and there is much to like and admire about our opponent, but listening to him speak, its easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or even a reform, not even in the state senate. This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars america is fighting and never use the word victory is, except when hes talking about his own campaign. But
Landmark cases produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr chief justice. Good evening, welcome to see spencers landmark cases. Tonights case is the New York Times Company Versus the United States, in this 1971 case, the Supreme Court ruled six to three against the knicks this Nixon Administration in a big win for journalism. The decision upheld the New York Times in the Washington Post, which you just saw depicted in this recent movie, the right to project published classified information on the history of the vietnam war over significant objections from the pentagon and the white house. We have to terrific guests at the table tonight, to help us understand how this case unfolded. And what it means for us today in our society. Let me introduce you to flloyd abrams, the bestknown First Amendment lawyer counsel in the New York Times case and he is the attorney in new y
What an interesting market. It is not a normal july, and simply, it is not a normal friday. Gold almost touching 1900, better markets in the last minutes off the better than good pmi data in europe. Francine we had betterthanexpected pmi in europe, but also the u. K. It is not moving markets that much, but it is something to keep an eye on. Lets get to first word news with karina mitchell. China has dropped back, ordering the u. S. To close its consulate in chengdu because of the u. S. Decision to close the chinese consulate in houston. China serves as a key u. S. Listening post. China says its action is a legitimate one and necessary. President trump has given into worries about the coronavirus. He canceled his florida nominating convention. That was going to be the biggest event of his reelection campaign. Florida just posted a Record Number of deaths from the pandemic. The president says he did not want to take any chances. There are still differences between Senate Republicans and