Gerald ferraro is the first woman nominated for a Vice President ial ticket. She accepted the Vice President ial nomination at the 1984 Democratic National convention in san francisco. She and nominee lawn deal would lose the election to gop is Ronald Reagan and george h. W. Bush. Hello. applause noise applause applause ladies and gentlemen, of the convention. applause ladies and gentlemen of the convention. Ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is gerald dean ferraro. applause i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. As i stand before the American People, and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. Martin luther king jr. , who made america stronger by making america more free. He said, occasionally in life, there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. Their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. Tonight, its such a mo
Energy departments biological research during the coronavirus pandemic. Live coverage on cspan2. A couple of numbers about these comments. Keep your video feed on as long as youre in the hearing. Youre responsible for your own microphone. Please keep your microphone muted unless your speaking. Submit a record, email it to the committee, email address is circulated prior to the hearing. Good afternoon and welcome to todays hearing. Will hear about how these capabilities have been leveraged in response to the covid19 pandemic. I want to thank the Ranking Members, members of the subcommittee and witnesses for joining us today. Members of the subcommittee are enthusiastic about the Energy Innovations coming out of the nation. Given the labs providing our country, the materials pioneering power lines, and discovering 22 elements, the periodic table would be much smaller. As a covid19 pandemic begins to unfold in the u. S. , its apparent the does operatory programs are well positioned as we
A bay area doctor describing troubling covid19 affects this comes as we learn new details about how long people who catch the virus may need to isolate gloves and east Bay Police Officer has been charged in the Fatal Shooting of a black man inside walmart the Alameda County District Attorneys says the use of deadly force was unreasonable. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore, the bay area Police Officer has now been charged with voluntary manslaughter for using deadly force against an accused shoplifter thank you for joining us tonight at 8 as we reported just after the shooting occurred back in april the victims family and civil Rights Groups say that shooting was racially charged now a san leandro Police Officer faces manslaughter for just the woman is live in our newsroom. She has details just being well past the time that officer Jason Fletcher. Entered the Walmart Store to the time that he shot and killed stephen taylor, less than 40 seconds elapsed. Now the deadly shooting
Manslaughter good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore today Alameda County District Attorney Nancy Omalley announced the charges in the death of Steven Taylor taylor was caught on camera inside the store, he was wielding a bat shortly before he was shot and killed. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall live for us in san leandro with reaction from from that and how the District Attorney came to the decision jonathan. In him in addition to those charges being announced this afternoon we also learned the name of that officer, he is Jason Fletcher a member of the San Leandro Police department. Were still trying to figure out exactly just how long hes been a member of this department. Investigators with the Alameda County District Attorneys office say this afternoon that his actions against Steven Taylor back in april. Were not justified. Months after the fatal shots that killed is Steven Taylor we now know the name of assembly under officer who fired them wednesday officer Jason Fletcher was char
Ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the okay to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Now, a lot of people dont know about ellis island before that time. Im going to talk briefly about ellis island itself. Today were 27 acres in size. But in the original form this island was, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of the harbor. Barely above sea level at high tide. It was a military installation first as a fort during the war of 1812 and eventually during the 1800s as a storage depot. Around 1890 it was decided by the federal government this would be the place they would institute the first building specifically constructed for the processing of immigrants. They did construct the building between 1890 and 1892. The building here is not the first processing center. Its the second. The first was a large wooden