Nomination. Be seated, he appreciates this reception, but he has a message to give to you and the American People. Chairman mccormick, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. I accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. And i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next Vice President of the United States. I know i speak for each of you, and all of you, when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. From monday on, he will be available for such speeches in all 50 states. We will try to lead you as we were lead by that champion of freedom. The man from independence, harry s. Truman. But the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow which shares our heart. So let us hear, tonigh tonight h of us, all of us, rededicate ourselves to keeping burning the golden torch upon us. Which John Fitzgerald kennedy set aflame. And let none of us stop to r
You are watching book tv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. Tonight, one of the things you been happy to do over the past few months, you talk about things that are going on in our world and things that are happening, turn events, issues that you made in grappling with and weve had an event with a book on corruption in america we didnt want to turn that down and we had an amazing career with all types of different factors from being a reporter with National Public radio and the chairman of the joint chief of staff with all kinds of other achievements and it is one of our leading experts of a concept on corruption and what that means and thats something we are hearing about a lot these days, we will talk about this wonderful new book, what is been going on recently and much, much more, welcome, sarah is joining from West Virginia, hello. Hello and hello everyone, we were speaking before we all came on about how much we
He contrasted his approach to the Trump Administration response. Good afternoon. Night,ow americans, last we saw the president of the United States lie to the American People and repeatedly lie about the state of this pandemic. We saw him refused to take responsibility for the crisis that should have been met with real president ial leadership. It has cost hundreds of thousands of american lives and pushed millions into poverty. We saw him diminish the pain felt by so Many Americans. President trump said, we are rounding the corner, its going away, we are learning to live with it. Those are quotes. As i told him last night, we are not learning to live with it. We are learning to die with it. His is a dark winter ahead already, more than 200 20,000 people in the United States of america have lost their lives to this virus. 220,000 up teachers at dinner tables all across this country. My heart goes out to everything a person who is to endure the agony of saying goodbye to someone they lo
Mr. Biden good afternoon. My fellow americans, last night, we saw the president of the United States lie to the American People and repeatedly lie about the state of this pandemic. We saw him refuse to take responsibility for the crisis that should have been met with real president ial leadership. It has cost hundreds of thousands of american lives and pushed millions into poverty. We saw him diminish the pain felt by so Many Americans. President trump said, we are rounding the corner, its going away, we are learning to live with it. Those are quotes. As i told him last night, we are not learning to live with it. We are learning to die with it. This is a dark winter ahead. Already, more than 200 20,000 220,000dy more than people in the United States of america have lost their lives to this virus. 220,000 empty chairs at dinner tables all across this country. My heart goes out to everything a person who is to endure the agony of saying goodbye to someone they loved and adored over video
Speech takes a bit of blow on law in this facebook blocks of groups from thailand criticizing the king there the social media and increasingly choosing which protest movement support and which will be silenced by coming up. Post democratic and Republican Conventions pass in increasing disarray with democrats refusing to back their Party Platform in the g. O. P. Not even presenting an official platform. I just. After noon wednesday 26 of august live from arties world news h. Q. With kevin owen ive got the latest round up for you. Hundreds of protesters in the u. S. City of commotion defying a state of emergency curfew there designed to cool days of unrest right. These are updated after police shot a black man multiple times and latest reports overnight suggest one person has now been killed and 2 others injured in clashes. The tensions are so high and so going into so many splinter groups. Going. There well tonight peaceful march through the city and then the sun went down people starte