What people know about most is the biggest one, the cares act. I think it got 97 votes here on the floor of the senate. 970. Weve in the past been able to figure out a way to come together as republicans and democrats, as americans to be able to address this crisis. We need to do it again because we still do have a crisis. We still do have unacceptably high levels of people getting infected, hospitalized, being in the i. C. U. , fatalities, and of course our economy is not where any of us would like it see it, although it has improved significantly in part because of the legislation we have passed here. Im convinced we would be at over 10 unemployment still if not for the legislation we passed here. Instead were beginning to come down, 8. 4 last month. Thats faster than anybody thought it could. Still, of course, unacceptably high. So more help is needed, and we cant let the upcoming election and the Politics Around that keep us from getting together and continuing to do the work that
The coronavirus pandemic, the fight for social justice by protestors nationwide and professional athletes. And just today a category four hurricane brought widespread damage to the gulf coast. How americans believe the president is handling these cries cease, plus crises plus the largest economic recession since the Great Depression could determine whether he gets a second term in office. Joining me on the final night of the convention is cbs news senior political analyst and 06 mince correspondent john dickerson. And joel payne former advisor on Hillary Clintons 2016 president ial campaign and a cbs news contributor. And john, this night is unlike we have ever seen. Never before has the white house lawn been used for a political event, a campaign rally, no less some 2,000 people packed in in the midst of a pandemic. Yeah, it sure looks like a regular old campaign if the backyard of the peoples house. Jared kushner the president s son in law said tonight was the culmination of the host
It comes amid multiple crises. The deadly pandemic, unrest over Racial Injustice and the hurricane. Theres a lot riding on this for the president. He will be introduced in a few moments by his daughter ivanka trump. Hallie jackson is there at the white house. No matter what the president may or may not say about covid tonight, that crowd makes a statement. 1,500 people on the south loun with lawn. They are waiting to hear from ivanka trump. President trump is closing out the convention at a time of multiple crises. He will reference the hurricane thats happening, the pandemic thats occurring in this country and the unrest we have seen in wisconsin and elsewhere. President trump is trying to make the case for four more years. He will try to paint joe biden as the architect of what he will call an extreme agenda. Lester . We will hear about joe biden tonight. Andrea mitchell interviewed him earlier today. What did he tell you . Tell me about the timing of him talking. After three days, o
American workers and forced them to train their lower paid foreign replacements i promptly removed the chairman of the board and now those talented American Workers have been rehired and are back providing power to georgia alabama tennessee kentucky mississippi North Carolina and virginia the they have their old jobs back and some are here with us this evening please stand you went through a lot please stand thank you thank you very much the only rely they think you very much thank you last month i took on big pharma. You think thats easy. And signed orders that will massively lower the cost of your prescription drugs and give critically ill patients access to lifesaving cures we passed the decades long awaited right to try. Right to try to open we also passed be a accountability and v. A. Choice the great veterans are taking care of us better with the over 91 percent Approval Rating this month that they have a given by our veterans 1st time anything like thats ever happened by the end
Convention center in cleveland. Trump appeared from the dark, warned of a dangerous moment of crisis for our nation. He described an america beset by crime and violence, an economy plagued by poverty an unemployment. A political system riddled with corruption and declared, i alone can fix it. Four years later, another moment of crisis in america. The covid pandemic has claimed more than 180,000 lives, cost millions of americans their j s jobs. Protests against Police Shootings of black americans have brought millions into our streets, sparked an often violent response. Tonight, the president will declare he needs four more years to fix it. Jon karl is at the white house, and jon, when fdr spoke in 1940, he was alone in the white house residen residence. President trump on the south lawn for an invited crowd of almost 2,000. George, we have never seen anything like this. For generations, white house staffers, democrat and republican, have been told it is unethical, if not illegal, to en