Caribbean, and then he was sent to tasmania, and he had terrible asthma. Meagher was the great orator during the rebel times, mitchell was the great writer. So it was a onetwo punch. Mitchell would write in the newspaper, meagher would give speeches in front of thousands of people. They were very close. Mitchell finally comes to america as well, but he likes slavery. Something happens in him that he sees slavery as not a bad thing. He writes in his own newspaper that if you irishmen are coming to america looking for a start, get yourself a couple of slaves and come south. And so meagher and he, his other people, break with mitchell. Mitchell has three boys. Two of them were on the other side of that wall when the irish stormed marys heights. So there was not a technical irish brigade in the confederacy, but there certainly were irish who fought on the other side, including the very people who were the kids of his best friends. Also i have a scene in the book where they fight the irish
All be there are few things as democrats we should all be proud of from this convention. One is that the senator Sanders Campaign came together with the Hillary Clinton campaign. [applause] without the very spirited and engaging debate that we had ending gauge primary that be have those issues would not be the forefront of the National Debate and thats very important that they are and that we were able to produce that platform. Second is that another core strength of the Democratic Party and American Values is that we care about our children and we dont ever give up and that is what you are going to hear about Hillary Clinton tonight. Her life that started working with the childrens defense defense fund and the core value of the Democratic Party and one the best things about america too. I think we should all be proud that tonight we will elect our first woman to be the nominee of a Major Political party. [applause] its a Pretty Amazing moment and i think one that everyone as democrats
Called on americans to recapture our destiny and pledged to cut taxes and increase defense spending. He defeated incumbent president jimmy carter in a landslide winning 44 states. His speech is about 45 minutes. Our coverage is from nbc news. [applause] Ronald Reagan thank you very much. Thank you. [crowd chanting] Ronald Reagan thank you very much. Thank you. You are singing our song. [applause] reagan the first thrill tonight was to find myself for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [laughter] [applause] Ronald Reagan but this, as you can imagine, is the second big thrill. Mr. Chairman, mr. Vice president to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation with a deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. [cheers and applause] Ronald Reagan i do so with deep gratitude, and i think also i might interject on behalf of all of us, our thanks to detroit and the people of m
Maryland, my maryland [laughter] [cheers and applause] you have 120 votes. How do you cast your votes . Chairlady,r] madam the great state of maryland, the great supremethe Court Justice thurgood marshall, author scott key and the of our nations starspangled banner is, the home of the academy, the naval home of the chesapeake bay, the in the United States and the Third Largest in the world, great, greathe senator barbara mikulski. [cheers and applause] who in 1986 became the first woman elected into the United States senate from maryland and and womanmarylander to chair the United States Senate Appropriations committee and, of course, the leader of the home ofnight, stephanie rawlingsblake. Toam chair, we are elated cast 36 votes for a truly great. An, Bernie Sanders [cheers and applause] and we are excited and we are to vote cast 84 votes next president of the United States of america, Hillary Rodham clinton [cheers and applause] mayor rawlingsblake maryland, you have cast 84 votes fo
Brought about, but the blue bench folks say its already increased the number of people calling in say help me support my friend who has been victimized. So the blue bench has a number of resources we want to make sure people know about, not only the support for Sexual Assault victims, but also support for folks who want to be that someone to lean on for a person who survived an attack yeah. It was a powerful statement just to see them on that stage last night, but it is like now what . Where do you go . Im glad you pointed those things out for us, anastasia. Thank you. Well, too much sunshine, not enough moisture, several areas in southern colorado are under a red flag warning today. Belen deleon in the weather center. Do you think well see relief this week . There are some small showers on the front range its about i in chance for precipitation precipitation for us is minimal. Theres a better amount of snow for the northern great plains, but in colorado that storm is associated with a