Appreciates this tremendous reception, but has a message to give to you and the American People. [ cheers and applause ] chairman mccormick, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. [ cheers and applause ] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [ cheers and applause ] and i thank you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] i. Know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say we, he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [ cheers and applause ] and i think for both of us when i tell you that from monday on hes going to be available for such speeches in all 50 states. We will try to lead you as we led by that great champion of freedom the man from independence, harry s. Truman. [ cheers and applause ] but the but the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow which shares our heart.
My fellow american, i accept your nomination. I accept the beauty of leaving this party to victory this year. [cheers and applause] i think you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side, the man that led my queue so wisely selected to be the next Vice President of the United States. [cheers and applause] i know i speak for each of you, and all of you when i say he probed himself tonight in that acceptance speech. [cheers and applause] as speak for both of us when i tell you, you will be available for all speeches in all 50 states. [cheers and applause] we will try to lead you as we were led by that great champion of freedom. The man from independence, harry as truman. [cheers and applause] but the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow which shares our hearts. So let us here tonight, each of us, all of us, rededicate ourselves to keeping burning the golden torch of promise which John Fitzgerald kennedy set aflame. [cheers and applause] [applause] and let none of
Up next Lawrence Odonnell talks about his book playing with fire. And the transformation of american politics, which recalls the turmoil of the 1968 president ial election. We recorded this in washington to d. C. In 2017. This 1968 election, was the first when i was alert for. I was in high school, i remember zero of the 1964 election, just the one right before that. And i remember just flashes of 1960, because it was a giant deal for Irish Catholic boys in boston. And one of us was on his way to winning it. And its hard to believe this now, but in those days we lived under a certain kind of, old ghetto culture notion that it could not happen. That they could not elect a catholic president of the United States. But if you know our political history, for the decades proceeding that without smith, and with others there was evidence, that you could not elect a catholic person. And that was transcended and exploded, one night in november in 1960. So the world we were looking at, in 1968 wh
Nominee. applause for the next 90 minutes we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i can ask this evening, and the candidates have no prior knowledge of our questions. By agreement between the candidates, the first question goes to gov. Dukakis. You have two minutes to respond. Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable Death Penalty for he killer . No, i dont, bernard. And i think you know that ive opposed the Death Penalty during all of my life. I dont see any evidence that its a deterrent, and i think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. Weve done so in my own state. And its one of the reasons why we have had the biggest drop in crime of any industrial state in america; why we have the lowest murder rate of any industrial state in america. But we have work to
Gun shops in the city as demonstrators came out on to the streets despite a curfew this after a peaceful protest was broken by shooting allegedly by nigerias Security Forces and a promise to preserve its values of secularism the french president paying tribute to the history teacher samuel concent he was killed outside his School Last Week. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world welcome it is a major shift in the Catholic Church pope francis says that he supports Civil Union Laws to protect the rights of same sex couples he made the comment. In a new documentary about the pontiff intitled francisco which premiered today at the room Film Festival the statement marks a decided shift for the roman Catholic Church the film also tackles other controversial issues such as racism Climate Change sexual abuse and relations between christians muslims and jews. Or earlier i asked our religious Affairs Analyst john barry what exactly did the pope say tha