Good evening america its an honor to speak to you tonight from the hallowed of the hallowed grounds of fort mchenry the site of the very battle that inspired the words of our National Anthem those words have inspired this land of heroes in every generation since it was on this site 206 years ago when our young republic heroically withstood a ferocious naval bombardment from the most powerful empire on earth they came to crush our revolution to divide our nation and to end the american experiment the heroes who held this for took their stand for life Liberty Freedom and the American Flag and those ideals have defined our nation but they were hardly ever mention at last weeks Democratic National convention. Instead democrats spent 4 days attacking America Joe Biden said that we were living through a season of darkness but as President Trump said where joe biden sees american darkness we see american greatness thank you and. In these challenging times our country needs a president who bel
Democrats and joe biden and Kamala Harris referring to them as radical leftists, and violence and chaos is a result of democratic leadership. And so the president again stressing that issue of law and order but certainly paramount in americans minds, the coronavirus pandemic, we have yet to hear about that except in economic terms and lives it has claimed. And also paramount is the racial tension that were seeing and calls for justice that much of our newscast has been about, especially athletes that President Trump publicly quarreled with, kneeling for the national anthem. So there is a lot at play here tonight. And it will be interesting to see how the speakers particularly Vice President pence address those issue is, so with that well have a full wrapup later, lets get back to the rnc stream. We need more leaders like President Trump who understand freedoms that pay up the fabric of america. My fellow americans, specifically my democrat and independent friends, it is now time for us
The shooting of a black man led to protest and violence there. And the protests have now reached the world of sports tonight. The nbas three playoff games suspended as well as three Major League Baseball games postponed for the night. And the rising death toll in the covid pandemic, surpassing 180,000 deaths in this country according to the latest count by nbc news. We are likely to hear more about these topics tonight and our team of correspondents will dig into how all these issues could shape this election. The convention has been underway tonight for 90 minutes. We heard from several white house staffers in the last hour, and we are waiting any moment now. Laura trump, the daughterinlaw of President Trump. But the main event, Vice President pence, chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson is at fort mchenry where the Vice President is speaking. Hallie, what are we expecting . Reporter savan saw, you talked about all the news happening as we come on the air tonight. The Vice Pr
This is a highlight on the issue of womens suffrage. It started at a tea party, 13 years before the american civil war, civil unrests a and divisi separated two camps. One is to keep africanamerican enslaved and the others to determine to have them free. When they were selected as delegate for an antislavery convention. On july 9th, 1848, stanton and three other women metaphor t fo. By the end of the day, they formed a coalition for women to vote. Women across america united, working tirelessly to win the vote. Susan b. Anthony became one of the leaders of womens suffrage in 1872, she registered and voted for every republican on the ballot. As punishment, she was arrested for illegal voting. At the request of susan anthony, the 19th amendment was introduced. Women continue to fight. Many defides segregation and fighting for women to vote. The two years when republicans regain control of congress on august 26th, 1920, the equal suffrage was signed into law. The victory was achieved peac
Encouraging everybody to get out of there. Well monitor that situation throughout the hour. Bret a very busy night. Were watching kenosha, wisconsin. Protests turned deadly in the wake of the Police Shooting of jacob blake. And in minnesota, new reports of riots and looting downtown. Martha the president treating that hes sending federal Law Enforcement and the National Guard to help in wisconsin. Lets get some quick thoughts as we get rolling tonight from chris wallace, brit hume and dana perino. A big night in minneapolis and kenosha as well. Absolutely. It will be interesting to see with all the planning that goes into a convention, if theres any quick changes that they make, the speakers do to responds. Im fascinated between the relationship of mike pence and donald trump. They couldnt be more different men and yet over these four years, pence has been an utterly reliable, loyal partner to the president. I cant think of a single instance where hes put any daylight on purpose or ina