Face forward. March. This is the ceremony unit from the u. S. Capitol police who will now stand at attention. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. It is with profound sorrow, a deep sympathy to the ginsburg family that i have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg to lie in state in the capitol of the United States. She does so on the catafalque built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Ladies and gentlemen, ms. Denies graves accompanied by ms. Laura ward. Deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground deep river my home is over jordon deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground oh, dont you want to go to that gospel feast that Promised Land where all is peace deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground Ruth Bader Ginsburg passionate about opera. A tribute there from denise graves. Ladies and gentlemen, rabbi lauren holtzblatt. Madam speaker, Vice President bid
Democratic hardy but for the country. I had been a democrat and my College Years and surely thereafter and i became more conservative over time before becoming republican during breitbart and so forth but even then i had an empathy for a kind of utopian thinking that the left does but im not a utopian myself but i do think that Many Democrats might disagree on policy issues in an ideological issues are coming from a very good place. They want to make a world better and what struck me about the direction the Democratic Party is taking, that party in such an extreme direction better risks falling over the cliff and essentially pulling the rest of the country with it one of the most important things to change my mind about politics was my experience for seven years in south africa seeing that leftwing government mismanaged the country after apartheid and i came back to the United States with the lessons of that experience very prominent in my mind and it really guided my thinking about am
Delaware putting joe biden over the top. He represented delaware and the u. S. Senate for 30 plus years. Tonight, he officially became the democratic nominee. Heres how it happened. Thank you to all of our delegations. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all. It means the world to me and my family and i will see you on thursday. Thank you, thank you, thank you that is how it unfolded. Alexi is joining us from wilmington, delaware. A very different convention tonight, a very different acceptance by joe biden. Tell us what your reaction has been so far. There are not many balloons or confetti falling from my hotel room or sitting on the floor behind me. I am stuck in this hotel until they give their live remarks wednesday and th
Its really good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning President Trump is firing back at a report claiming that he called american soldiers who died in war suckers and losers. According to the article in the atlantic, mr. Trump did not want to support the 2018 funeral of senator john mccain, a decorated navy veteran, who spent years as a prisoner of war because he was a loser. The atlantic also reports mr. Trump was furious flags were flown at half staff for mccain. Last night the president was quick to refute those claims. I disagreed with john mccain, but i still respected him. I had to approve his funeral as president. We lowered the flags i had to approve that. Nobody else. I had to approve it. The president did not take questions after making that statement. Rkura podesta is here in new laura, the president didnt want to talk to reporters after that statement, but he still had plenty to say on twitter. Reporter thats right. Late last night, President Trump sent out a bar
Then, naacp president and ceo Derrick Johnson on black voters and the important issues in campaign 2020. Washington journal is next. I am pleased to announce that Vice President joe biden has officially been nominated by the Democratic Party as our candidate for president of the United States. Vice President Biden is hereby invited to deliver an acceptance speech. Thank you very, very much, from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me and my family, and i will see you on thursday. That took place after a first ever virtual rollcall vote officiallyn is selected as the nominee for the Democratic Party. Just some of the activities on night two of the Democratic National convention. Watch our coverage of night three starting at 9 00 tonight on cspan, cspan. Org, and follow along on our cspan radio app. In the first hour bang, you can give us your impressions of the activities. In the first hour, you can give us your impressions of the activities. If you support joe biden, 202 7488