Conference hosted by the library of congress. Its just under an hour and a half. This is our final panel for the history conference on the political legacy of Newt Gingrich, arguably one of the most influential speakers of the house in the past hundred years. I think theres no dispute that were all living the legacy of Newt Gingrich, so i will turn it over to Jacob Strauss who is our chair for the panel from the Congressional Research service. You guys put on a great conference. Its wonderful to get away from our desks and talk to people about all kinds of subjects related to congress so im very happy to be here. As colleen said, we will talk about the historical and political legacy of Newt Gingrich and we stand between lunch and you going home which may or may not be a good thing, but we have a great panel with two very interesting speakers so stick around because there will be good stuff here. Well start with the paper by mack green and jeffrey crouch. As we agreed before, each spea
Conference hosted by the library of congress. Its just under an hour and a half. This is our final panel for the history conference on the political legacy of Newt Gingrich, arguably one of the most influential speakers of the house in the past hundred years. I think theres no dispute that were all living the legacy of Newt Gingrich, so i will turn it over to Jacob Strauss who is our chair for the panel from the Congressional Research service. You guys put on a great conference. Its wonderful to get away from our desks and talk to people about all kinds of subjects related to congress so im very happy to be here. As colleen said, we will talk about the historical and political legacy of Newt Gingrich and we stand between lunch and you going home which may or may not be a good thing, but we have a great panel with two very interesting speakers so stick around because there will be good stuff here. Well start with the paper by mack green and jeffrey crouch. As we agreed before, each spea
Conference hosted by the library of congress. Its just under an hour and a half. This is our final panel for the history conference on the political legacy of Newt Gingrich, arguably one of the most influential speakers of the house in the past hundred years. I think theres no dispute that were all living the legacy of Newt Gingrich, so i will turn it over to Jacob Strauss who is our chair for the panel from the Congressional Research service. You guys put on a great conference. Its wonderful to get away from our desks and talk to people about all kinds of subjects related to congress so im very happy to be here. As colleen said, we will talk about the historical and political legacy of Newt Gingrich and we stand between lunch and you going home which may or may not be a good thing, but we have a great panel with two very interesting speakers so stick around because there will be good stuff here. Well start with the paper by mack green and jeffrey crouch. As we agreed before, each spea
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
Both are expected to defeat their primary challengers. John mccain is seeking ath term in arizona. Hes being pushed hard on immigration by the state senator dr. Kelly ward. After repeatedly promising not to run for his senate seat. Marco rubio is on the ballot. Hes expected to breeze through despite spending by carlos beruff. The congressional fight in the miami area, the dnc chair Debbie Wassermanschultz is trying to fight off tim canova who was backed by bernie sanders. We dont take money from corporate interests. And it leaves us free to represent the people. They want to know they have a fighter, and someone who knows their way of life and has been in the Community Like i have for 30 years. Reporter there are fresh concerns about the safety of our elections. Harry reid has sent a letter to the head of the f. B. I. James comey to investigated if russia is trying to temper in our elections. Deirdre well talk more about that. Blake berman, coming back to you in a little bit for an upd