Debates. This marks their first joint on camera performance ahead of the 2020 general election president ial debate. Many americans have studied the legendary lincolndouglas debates in 1858 which were not president ial debates but rather for a u. S. Senate seat. The candidates met facetoface seven times, and the subsequent election was won by stephen douglas, and that set the stage for abraham lincolns Successful Campaign for the presidency in 1860. 100 two years after those debates on september 20 6, 1960 at the cbs studios in chicago, senator john f. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon came together in the firstever general election president ial debate, a televise affair that change the nature of politics. Mr. Kennedy and mr. Nixon debated four times in 1960, and john f. Kennedy went on to win the presidency by a slim margin. Looking back, mr. Nixon said, i should have remembered a picture is worth a thousand words. Those debates was sponsored by the three major networks, cbs,
I am tracking that onshore flow. That sea breeze is kicking in a we are tracking that fog around the bay and through the afternoon, we have that sea breeze kicking in and it could mix out the smoke a little bit. But still we are talking about hazy or smoky skies with unhealthy air quality. Here is the current airquality condition. It is unhealthy for parts of the north and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. We are still looking at that spare the air alert that remains in effect today and likely for tomorrow as well due to this unhealthy air. Lets check out the temperatures because were looking at daytime highs around where we should be if not a little bit above average. Topping out in the low 90s for concord and livermore, mid 80s in san jose, low to mid 70s around the bay. Low 70s in San Francisco, mid 70s in oakland and upper 60s for pacifica. And we will let you know what you can expect through the week coming up. Firefighters will have a briefing as they go out to fi
Very special event here at the Gerald R Ford president ial museum. Really proud to see all of you coming out to enjoy, i think, whats going be a very stimulating discussion about. Our home, we dont know enough about. Im gleaves. Im the executive director of the Gerald R Ford president ial foundation. My this evening is jon lauck, whos a writer and researcher hes written many books. Ive got several of them here that he and i have worked on together on, the midwest. And were going to explore that. So im welcoming you, our Live Audience and our cspan viewers everywhere. So, john, i think we ought get right into it. Please tell us about your background and you have real midwestern roots. I mean, you come by all of this honestly raised on a midwestern you know, you went to big colleges, you know, both your ph. D. In history and your law degree, and youve had quite a career in the midwest. So tell us yourself. Well, thank you. And thanks to everyone here in grand rapids for coming out tonigh
Good evening and welcome to this very special event here at the Gerald R Ford president ial museum. Really proud to see all of you coming out to enjoy, i think, whats going be a very stimulating discussion about. Our home, we dont know enough about. Im gleaves. Im the executive director of the Gerald R Ford president ial foundation. My this evening is jon lauck, whos a writer and researcher hes written many books. Ive got several of them here that he and i have worked on together on, the midwest. And were going to explore that. So im welcoming you, our Live Audience and our cspan viewers everywhere. So, john, i think we ought get right into it. Please tell us about your background and you have real midwestern roots. I mean, you come by all of this honestly raised on a midwestern you know, you went to big colleges, you know, both your ph. D. In history and your law degree, and youve had quite a career in the midwest. So tell us yourself. Well, thank you. And thanks to everyone here in g
The United States will not be neutral in this struggle. Parties including in syria and egypt. In any case , the ideas of socialism began to take hold of the arab masses, as they said then, the americans saw in this a certain danger for their politics and its presence in the middle east. Since then, israel has been the main ally of the United States in the region. Now america has already sent its Aircraft Carriers to the shores of the country. And once upon a time, during the israelilebanese war , soldiers from america even landed on the ancient land. Exactly. Yes, there was an explosion in the beirud barracks, which killed 241 marines, and this is still the largest single us loss outside the country since the end of world war ii. Almost every White House Administration tried to reconcile the two peoples, but almost always conditions that were obviously unacceptable were set for the arabs. As a result, over six decades, israel has taken over almost the entire territory of palestine and