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Conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Cuomo, anddan, mario annrichards in 1988 richards in 1988. Barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit with the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin entered the on immigration reform. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you do not know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, democrat of houston, texas. [applause] Barbara Jordan thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first led a convention to select a president ial candidate. Since that time, democrats have continued to go to been once every f
A coat this morning. Its a little chilly. I was thinking the same thing. Good morning to you all. Lets bring in rosemary to talk about this. I forgot what that chill in the air felt like until this morning. It is so weird. And my cold . I am glad to see but its a definite change in the weather. Yes. You need socks this morning, for sure. We are a little bit cooler and we will be cooler for today but it wont last. We start a warmup tomorrow and it is a warming trend that will last for a few days and may be several days. For today, the deeper green layer is out there. A bit of an onshore breeze this afternoon. Temptress coming down by a few degrees. I will have a better look at the Current Conditions and what to expect for the afternoon and will look at the rest of the weekend coming up in a bit. Truck protests continue around the bay area after the Police Shooting of jake it jacob blake in kenosha, wisconsin. Demonstration dancers are calling to an end to Police Brutality. How san joses
Selloff. Yesterday the nasdaq fell almost 5 . Apple in terms of market cap loss biggest market cap lose ever in one day. The race for the white house turning to swing states. President trump talking tough on crime during a stop in pennsylvania while joe biden visited wisconsin for the first time in nearly 2 years. Later this hour i will be speaking with scott car presenter whose business burned down during kenosha violence. Coronavirus taking down the dark knight. Mornings with maria begins right now. Checking Global Market action, european losses, almost 1 gain in england, in france, more than 1 . In asia overnight it was red across the board really following wall streets losses on thursday, south korea, shanghai, japan all to downside man wanting in Fatal Shooting of President Trump supporter in portland is now dead, Cheryl Casone has more, cheryl. Cheryl thats right, antifa member was shot killed an overnight by officers. The 48 pulled out gun right before she was shot. He was wante
Hardest hit areas. Cal fire has been around 120 years and there really has not ftburnedto the his magnitude in ground the tally doubled overnight. The firefighters are doing what they can with the limited resources they have it. We are doing the greatest good for the residents by assuming the defensive role and going house, to house. We are firing around the houses. Reporter at least 50 structures have been destroyed that they do expect the number to increase with more than 24,000 structures threaten. Eric gordon believes his home is okay for now but not his coworkers place nearby. There were houses on fire including the house across the street from his that burned down. There were cal firefighters out there actually putting ou flames. What is your understanding of how many people kenny, that remain in the area yeedto cal fire officials thing the majority of residents in this area have left ace on the observations that they have made over the last couple of days. They always say there