[applause] pres. Johnson 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. [applause] pres. Johnson i know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] pres. Johnson and i speak for both of us when i tell you that from monday on he is going to be available for such speeches in all 50 states. [applause] pres. Johnson we will try to lead you as we were led by that great champion of freedom, the man from independence, harry s. Truman. [applause] pres. Johnson but the gladness of this high occasion cannot mask the sorrow which shares our hearts. So let us here tonight, each of us, all of us, rededicate ourselves to keeping burning the golden torch of promise which John Fitzgerald kennedy set aflame. [applause] pres. Johnson and
American airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They have been repaid many fold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction so supplement the growing power of our armed forces in their presence forum these bombs are now in production and even more powerful arms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, theyre factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spare the japanese people from utter de
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. Civil unrest of Racial Discrimination continued across the country. The beatles came to the u. S. And tensions between the u. S. And North Vietnam escalated. This was the backdrop for the Political Conventions that year and for speeches made by president ial nominees Linden Johnson and Barry Goldwater. At the time of the Democratic National convention, Lyndon Baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. On before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate he became t
President less than a year after the assassination of president john f. Kennedy. Before, Lyndon Johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexicanamerican school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. While a u. S. Congressman he was named Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. Later, Lyndon Johnson won his Senate Primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. After 12 years in the senate, he became the nominee for Vice President on the Kennedy Johnson ticket. He accepted the president ial nomination at the 1964 convention in atlantic city, new jersey. A message i give to you and the American People. [applause] chairman mccormick, my fellow americans, i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. [applause] and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at m
Angry protests against lebanons government 2 ministers have now quit over tuesdays last number of confirmed covert 19 cases in the u. S. Reaches 5000000 but numbers are still rising in almost 20 states. And the afghan president agrees to release 400. 00 taliban prisoners paving the way for vital peace talks. We begin this hour in belarus west state approved exit polls show president Alexander Lukashenko winning the election with just 80 percent despite voting being extended in some places because many people were still trying to vote supporters of the main opposition candidates for the kind of skier were asked to vote as late as possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud attempts to alter the vote. Had been widely suspected in previous elections but officials and supporters of the president whos held office now for a quarter of a century are accusing the opposition of sabotage aljazeera step vassar reports now in the capital minsk. Cheers for start lana the kind of guy wh