People, to come together. And make no mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. So how will the Republican Party respond . President trump accepts the partys nomination next week and we will speak with Vice President mike pence in a moment. The closing night of the Democratic Convention was a Family Affair with hunter and ashley biden singing their dads praises and another video paid tribute to joe bidens son beau who died in 2015 from brain cancer. There was a powerful moment. Senator duckworth who lost her legs in iraq, standing next to her wheelchair declaring President Trump unfit to be commander in chief. They have a coward in chief who wont stand up to Vladimir Putin, read his daily Intelligence Briefings or publicly admonish adversaries for putting bounties on our troops heads. Joining us right now is senator tammy duckworth. Great to see you. You spoke as a military woman, you spoke as an army commander. You spoke of the sacrifices made by mil
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good evening. i am delighted, truly delighted to see all of you here this evening because this is an extraordinary evening and an extraordinary program. a little preamble, i m at the virginia foundation for the humanities and and i m the present of their position which produces activities and programs. [applause] thank you. i m here to tell you that this is the coldest book festival in history. [laughter] that s a short history, 19 years nonetheless it s the coldest and it doesn t appear to be getting better tomorrow or the next day either. very unusual but spring is again at 7:02 on wednesday. i m sure none of you noticed along the way. we began that morning with the nineteentnineteent h annual virginia festival of books. next year we want you wanted to come back to the 20th which will begin on march the 19th and run it until the 23rd so we are moving back a day. we expect it to be warmer nonetheless. i would like to remind you of a couple of things. one is that we would l
good evening. i am delighted, truly delighted to see all of you here this evening because this is an extraordinary evening and an extraordinary program. a little preamble, i m at the virginia foundation for the humanities and and i m the present of their position which produces activities and programs. [applause] thank you. i m here to tell you that this is the coldest book festival in history. [laughter] that s a short history, 19 years nonetheless it s the coldest and it doesn t appear to be getting better tomorrow or the next day either. very unusual but spring is again at 7:02 on wednesday. i m sure none of you noticed along the way. we began that morning with the nineteentnineteent h annual virginia festival of books. next year we want you wanted to come back to the 20th which will begin on march the 19th and run it until the 23rd so we are moving back a day. we expect it to be warmer nonetheless. i would like to remind you of a couple of things. one is that we would l