Provider. Vice president al gore expected his partys president ial nomination at the 2000 Democratic National convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next president of the United States, al gore. [ cheers and applause ] thaup [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee. And then those who braved the first snows of iowa, and new hampshire. And all of you here from all over this country. Who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. And i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken out so eloquently, someone ive loved with my
Weekend on cspan3. George w. Bush accepted the nomination for president in 2000 at the partys convention in philadelphia. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you all. Thank you mr. Chairman, delegates, and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you for this honor. Thank you for this honor. Together we will renew americas purpose [ cheers and applause ] our Founders First defined that purpose here in philadelphia. Ben franklin was here. Thomas jefferson. Of course, george washington. Or, as his friends called him, george w. [ cheers and applause ] i am proud to have dick cheney by my side [ cheers and applause ] he is a man he is a man of integrity and sound judgment who has proven that Public Service can be noble service. America will be proud to have a leader of such character to succeed al gore as Vice President of the united states. Im grateful for senator john mccain i appreciate his sp
Good evening from the Athletic Center at the university of massachusetts in boston, im jim lehrer of the news hour on pbs and i welcome you to the first of three 90minute debates between the democratic. Candidate for president , Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas. The debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates and they will be conducted within formats and rules agreed toby the commission and the two campaigns. Tonight well have the candidates at podiums. No answer to a question can exceed two minutes. Rebuttals are limited to one minute. But as moderator i have the option to followup and extend any particular give and take another three and a half minutes. Even then no single answer can exceed two minutes. The candidates under their rules may not question each other directly. There will be no Opening Statements but each candidate may have up to two minutes for a closing statement. The questions and the subjects we
Welcome you to this third and final campaign 2000 debate between the democratic candidate of president , and Vice President al gore, and the republican candidate governor george w. Bush of texas, and lets welcome the candidates now. Hello. Hello, jim. Good to see you. Governor. Good to see you both. Nice to see you again. How are you all . Before proceeding tonight, we would like to observe a moment of silence in memory of governor mel carnahan of missouri along with his son and former chief of staff died in a private plane crash last night near st. Louis. A reminder, as we continue now, that these debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The formats and the rules were worked out by the commission and the two campaigns. Tonights questions will be asked by st. Louis area voters who were identified as being uncommitted by the gallup organization. Earlier today, each of them wrote a question on a small card like this. Those cards were collected and then given to m
President s tax returns on two different fronts. And amid the talk of impeachment and the lashing out, remember, please, this was infrastructure day at the white house as the 11th hour gets underway on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 853 of the Trump Administration. What was supposed to be an honest to goodness meeting about our nations infrastructure turned into a showdown between the president and democrats and then just a plain show in the rose garden as the president had at it. The president started his day with a barrage of messages featuring the familiar words, illegal witch hunt and no collusion, no obstruction, woven into his objections to congressional inquiries. As that was going Organization Speaker pelosi was holding a closed door meeting with her increasingly boisterous, shall we say, House Democrats about said investigations. Nbc news reporting pelosi did not mention impeachment in the room but did say that Trumps