Now that youve made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all of my heart and soul. With your help, i have no doubt that we will win. Help me to do the job of conflict and of campaign. We will justify our glorious task and the loyalty of millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honesty. We will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have. That was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, excepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by Richard Norton smith in libertyville, illinois. Who was this oneterm governor of illinois . For millions of americans, that is all he was. The oneterm governor of illinois. They have never heard a voice like his. They did not know that a Political Revolution was being touched off that night. For the next decade, Adlai Stevenson would be the voice of the Democratic Party, someone you would transform american politics, even though he was never s
Jackie kennedy, john steinbeck. It hence he was a very unusual, a nonpolitician and a new ways. He in many ways. Eventually, by millions of americans who proudly declared themselves stevensonians. Standing between us is this old office chair. Cabinetis stevensons terror. He had an historic stand of the american passenger to the United Nations. He was made a member of the cabinet, this is the chair that commemorate spot. Somewhat difficult relationship that he had with the Kennedy Administration. You referred to the dynasty, the stephenson political dynasty. Here on the wall or some artifacts. Whitevernor stevensons said his grandfather was Vice President of the United States. Under grover cleveland. He ran again in 1900 under William Jennings bryant. This is grandfather stevensons hat. Thank you for joining us tonight. Live from libertyville, we will work our way it over to the barn on the family farm. We are currently in the study. Next to it is a barn. This is a working farm at some
Kron fours will tran is there live at the Cal Fire Base Camp in scott valley with more well. Actually we just got an update from cal fire unfortunately you talked about the structures and the damage we do know now its now 538 structures and that involves either barns or homes that have been destroyed so that number has gone up, but they say theyre not surprised by that especially with having investigators going into burned areas and now going through the neighborhoods and county feast your eyes on this james and area that is not smoke thats fog and theyre so happy to see fog because it brings moisture to the area it cools things down. And it allows firefighters to get a bit of a break once the fog lifts it will be sunny again and they expect to have the aircraft back up in the air in the aircraft has been wonderful for the firefighting efforts in fact theyve increased the gallons every day as far as gallons dropped to the fire. It is still 19 containment so that did not go up. But more
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Across south korea the birth rate is plummeting. As families move to the cities rural towns are losing their residents and their schools. Out in. Change to meet in those in the she means cutting. But some communities are trying new ways to keep their classrooms open so you believe it oh not at all i only offer all the all take me one no one east meets the grandmothers finally fulfilling their dreams for an education while helping save korea schools. Its the start of a new school day but 65 year old part killing soon is not your typical 2nd grader. Were this time. That out had their own end. And. Was. Yeah one big battle going home again you know. Shes one of 3 grandmothers and rolled in the 2nd grade at bangor in Primary School nestled in the picture rest farmlands near the city of pyong chang. But this is a school in crisis at its peak there were close to 700 students here today there are only 22. The grandmas share a classroom with just 28 year olds there simply arent enough children