In 1968, Many Americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home from vietnam in peace. And since then, 20,000 of our sons have come home and coffins. I have no secret plan for peace, i have a public plan. As one whose heart has eight for the past ten years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. It was 1972, 2 30 in the morning, and then president ial nominee George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few weeks later he would lose badly to president nixon. Tonight, the candidacy and legacy of mcgovern. Joining us from there is president ial author scott faris. Scott, it is 2 30 in the morning when mcgovern delivers his acceptance speech in miami. Why . Well, the reason i think it was sort of emblematic of the whole distrust of the Mcgovern Campaign was, it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. What had happened was, as you heard senator mcgovern there, he was very strong on the issue of vietnam. I th
We are doing the policy releases. People here want to get to know you, what you are about. As his Vice President , it is my great honor toadd his name to the primary ballot today because we need america to give us four more years. [cheers and applause] dr. Lara brown, that is a glimpse of the 2020 primary process. A process that attracted more than 20 democrats. Last time around, 17 gop candidates vying for the nomination. You have spent your academic career trying to understand and explain the electoral process. When you try to explain where we are today to people and how this process works, how do you explain it . Dr. Brown the thing you have to start with first is that competitiveness drives a lot of candidates. One of the things that is so interesting, when we really understand why there are so many candidates in the democratic primary field, why there are so many republicans in the 2016 field, it was because the presidency was seen as being up for grabs in both instances. In 2016
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[cheering] thank you for coming. Fortunes above 50 million. You make it that big, pitch in two cents so everyone else has a chance to make it. We are doing the policy release. People here want to know you. They want to know what you are about. As his Vice President , it is my great honor to add his name to the New Hampshire republican primary ballot today because we need New Hampshire and america to give us four more years. [cheers and applause] dr. Lara brown, that is a director of George Washington University School of political management, that is a glimpse of the 2020 primary process. A process that attracted more than 20 democrats. Last time around, more than 17 gop candidates vying for the nomination. You have spent your academic career trying to understand and explain the american electoral process. When you try to explain where we are today to people and how this process works, how do you explain it . Dr. Brown the thing you have to start with first is that competitiveness driv
3, 4, 9, 8, 7, 1 8, 8, 8, 5, 2, 3, 4 9, 8, 7. Im Katie Bo Lillis in washington. And this is cnn welcome everyone. Thanks for joining. Im omar jimenez in today for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour with some Breaking News as the us begins, humanitarian airdrops today over gaza, were now learning that Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with israel war cabinet minister benny gantz on monday in washington. And it also comes as a senior us official tells cnn that has six weeks ceasefire has basically been accepted by israel theyre now waiting on a response from hamas. Now, earlier today, three c130 hercules cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles of aid in gaza. They included mainly food, but no water or medical supplies. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is in washington now, priscilla, President Biden weighed in on the airdrops its a short time ago. What is he saying . He did and he echoed his remarks from this week, which is that this is still not enough aid. Let me read the tweets you