Biden. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens, i will be honored to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend america and i accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for our country. And i accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much Harder Missions and met far graver challenges and knows how tough fights are won, the next president of the United States, john s. Mccain. [ cheers and applause ] it was just a year ago when all of the experts in washington counted out our nominee bec
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Times. Nikki haley, some of her experiences, Donald Trumps muscular Foreign Policy at how she managed that as the u. N. Rep. Those were two biggies. Bigother aspect was a presence of africanamericans on the agenda. Walker, tim scott, all spoke yesterday and gave their pitch as to why the Republican Party should receive more support in the black communities. And one of things, thing that was not there, you referred to it at the end of our coverage late last night. There was writing going on after and unarmed black man had been shot by police. He was shot like seven times by a police officer. Was not much mention and he called out the National Guard. Situation and a lot of destruction of property. These are things that were ignored as you point out at the much discussion actsbout restraining these of violence and donald trump being the law and order candidate. Virtually nothing was said by any africanamerican speakers about social justice issues. Different from the democratic convention,
Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher she took night classes , at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races for the u. S. Senate and was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of
Continues in solidarity. We will have the latest. Global stocks rally, and then filing just a little bit as we count down to jackson hole and the highly anticipated speech by the fed chair, jerome powell. Here is the state of play. European stocks a little bit lower, dragged down by rollsroyce, in particular, with record highs throughout the week. 68 basis points. We look at that later in the day, we might get more traction. Space, if you are looking for a quiet complex, it is the currency right now. The movement is contained, the dollar barely halting a loss. Wti, at the moment, just barely below the flat line. High, whereemonth they are looking out for live images from the area to get a better sense of the potential damage that might be inflicted. Morgan stanley says the extent of the impact on oil refining will be evolving in the coming weeks with the risk of higher or extended outages, mandatory evacuations in place in some of the coastal areas. You are looking at live pictures now