Critical Supreme Court vacancy left by the death on friday of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. The president at a rally last night announcing he will move a woman to the bench next week as the crowd chanted, fill that seat. Obamas pick four years ago was an allout fight. How will this play out in the middle of a campaign . America consumed by extreme weather. From wildfires in the west to hurricanes in the east, and why the historic disasters of this seas de to become the norm. Plus our sunday spotlight on the legacy of Justice Ginsburg as a pioneering advocate for women and a recent icon for Younger Generations chl. And then we will turn to a Higher Energy new sunday sitdown with grammy winner mogul d. J. Callum, and the daily affirmation he has turned into a cultural catch phrase. I wake up in the morning, i pray to god, i kiss my family, and i look in that mirror after i take a shower and say, we the best. And god is great. Im telling you the truth. A sunday sitdown with d
Biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much Harder Missions and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won, the next president of the United States, john s. Mccain. [ cheers and applause ] it was just a year ago when all of the experts in washington counted out our nominee bec
And the start of the Republican National convention, monday, only on cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Civil unrest over racial disco nation continued across the country. The beatles came to the u. S. And tensions between the u. S. And North Vietnam escalated. This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for speeches made by president ial nominees Linden Johnson and Barry Goldwater. At the time of the Democratic National convention, Lyndon Baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. On before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Hisr, Lyndon Johnson won Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hol
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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 for the u. S. Senate and 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 Geraldine Ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of