Styles. To learn more, visit cspan. Org the president s. Available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook. Nationalpublican convention opened in charlotte, North Carolina on monday. Here is the roll call of the states as delegates nominate renominate President Trump and Vice President pence. The convention will reconvene. We will now proceed to our next item of business, the renomination of donald j. Trump for president of the United States. [applause] use] four more years. Four more years. [chanting] four more years. Four more years. Ronna it is music to my ears. Before we begin, i would like to remind the delegates of the rules that require each candidate for nomination for president of the United States demonstrates sufficient support prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination. The chair wishes to inform the delegates it has been furnished evidence of sufficient support of the candidate who will be presented for president of the United States in compliance wi
Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The event will begin momentarily. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the Republican National committee. Hello this convention will come to order [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the Republican National convention. Offering todays invitation, invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. Thank you, ronna. My name is jay and i am a republican. I am also a catholic donald trump republican. By the grace of god, i am an american. So let us pray. Thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and Vice President that reflect the values of our founding fathers. And are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. There is no choice to f
Forefront of this, so the book became a story about that point. Susan how did the idea come to you for telling this story . Jeff this is my 22nd book. What i try to do is go everywhere the people i write about went. Id rather drive, and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted we are going to get in a car and go everywhere we want to. Since i did not know, i thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that. As always happens when you look into history, there is more to it than you ever expected. Susan your book begins and ends with someone thats a minor character in the book by the name of jep bisbee. We are going to show his picture on screen. Who was he and why was he interesting to you . Jeff one of the things that struck me as i researched the book was how the vagabonds, for ford, edison, whatever friends might be with
Susan jeff guinn, what is the story you tell in the book, the vagabonds . Jeff the story i meant to tell is how america morphed into a car culture, from horse and wagon to everybody wanting cars to go places. I did not know until i started researching that henry ford and Thomas Edison were at the forefront of this, so the book became a story about that point. Susan how did the idea come to you for telling this story . Jeff what i try to do is go everywhere the people i write about went. I always use my car. Id rather drive, and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted we are going to get in a car and go everywhere we want to. Since i did not know, i thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that. As always happens when you look into history, there is more to it than you ever expected. Susan your book begins and ends with
Days in pro forma sessions during their weeklong memorial day recess. They will return for votes on monday, june 1, with work on judicial nominations, as well as the Inspector General for pandemic recovery. Watch live coverage of the senate on cspan two and legislative debate in the house on wednesday, starting at noon eastern on cspan. Check on the story i meant to tell was how america morphed into a culture, and just about 20 story about that point how did the idea come to you for telling this story . What i try to do is go everywhere the people i write about went. Id rather drive and that way you really get a sense of place. Somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted and we are going to get in a car and go everywhere we want to. Since i did not know, i thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that. As always happens when you look into history, there is more to